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Synonyms
veil (vāl)

[Middle English, from Old North French, from Latin vēla pl. of vēlum, a covering.]

noun 

  1. A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
  2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
    1. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
    2. The life or vows of a nun.
    1. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
    2. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
  5. Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.

verb: veiled, veil·ing, veils. 

transitive verb 

  1. To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge.
  2. To conceal or disguise.

intransitive verb 

To wear a veil.