English

Detailed Synonyms for veil in English

veil:

veil [the ~] noun

  1. the veil
    the voile; the veil
  2. the veil
    – a garment that covers the head and face 1
    the veil; the head covering
    – a garment that covers the head and face 1
  3. the veil
    – a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl 1
    the veil; the humeral veil
    – a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl 1
  4. the veil
    – the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) 1
    the veil; the caul; the embryonic membrane
    – the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) 1
  5. the veil
    – a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms 1
    the veil; the velum
    – a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms 1

to veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)

  1. to veil
    to hide; to disguise; to conceal; to suppress; to blur; to hush up; to mantle; to veil; to gloss over
    • hide verb (hides, hid, hiding)
    • disguise verb (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • conceal verb (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • blur verb (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • hush up verb (hushes up, hushed up, hushing up)
    • mantle verb (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • gloss over verb (glosses over, glossed over, glossing over)
  2. to veil
    to disguise; to dissemble; to veil; to camouflage
    • disguise verb (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • dissemble verb (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • camouflage verb (camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging)
  3. to veil
    to conceal; to mask; to cover; to mantle; to camouflage; to blur; to wrap; to envelop; to veil; to shroud; to swathe
    • conceal verb (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • mask verb (masks, masked, masking)
    • cover verb (covers, covered, covering)
    • mantle verb (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • camouflage verb (camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging)
    • blur verb (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • wrap verb (wraps, wrapped, wrapping)
    • envelop verb (envelops, enveloped, enveloping)
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • shroud verb (shrouds, shrouded, shrouding)
    • swathe verb (swathes, swathed, swathing)
  4. to veil
    to conceal; to disguise; to blur; to mantle; to veil
    • conceal verb (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • disguise verb (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • blur verb (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • mantle verb (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
  5. to veil
    – make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing 1
    to obscure; to hide; to veil; to blot out; obliterate
    – make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing 1
    • obscure verb (obscures, obscured, obscuring)
    • hide verb (hides, hid, hiding)
      • a hidden message1
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
      • a veiled threat1
    • blot out verb (blots out, blotted out, blotting out)
    • obliterate verb
  6. to veil
    – to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil 1
    to veil
    – to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil 1
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
      • women in Afghanistan veil their faces1

Conjugations for veil:

present
  1. veil
  2. veil
  3. veils
  4. veil
  5. veil
  6. veil
simple past
  1. veiled
  2. veiled
  3. veiled
  4. veiled
  5. veiled
  6. veiled
present perfect
  1. have veiled
  2. have veiled
  3. has veiled
  4. have veiled
  5. have veiled
  6. have veiled
past continuous
  1. was veiling
  2. were veiling
  3. was veiling
  4. were veiling
  5. were veiling
  6. were veiling
future
  1. shall veil
  2. will veil
  3. will veil
  4. shall veil
  5. will veil
  6. will veil
continuous present
  1. am veiling
  2. are veiling
  3. is veiling
  4. are veiling
  5. are veiling
  6. are veiling
subjunctive
  1. be veiled
  2. be veiled
  3. be veiled
  4. be veiled
  5. be veiled
  6. be veiled
diverse
  1. veil!
  2. let's veil!
  3. veiled
  4. veiling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

veil

  1. veil

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Related Definitions for "veil":

  1. a garment that covers the head and face1
  2. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl1
  3. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)1
  4. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms1
  5. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing1
    • a veiled threat1
  6. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil1
    • women in Afghanistan veil their faces1

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