Thesaurus: veil

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1. n. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
2. n. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
3. n. The calyptra of mosses.
4. n. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
5. n. A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
6. n. Same as Velum, 3.
7. n. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
8. n. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
9. n. a garment that covers the head and face
10. n. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
11. n. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
12. n. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl