veil

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. Source: opted

2. n. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. Source: opted

3. n. The calyptra of mosses. Source: opted

4. n. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum. Source: opted

5. n. A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. Source: opted

6. n. Same as Velum, 3. Source: opted

7. n. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Source: opted

8. n. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. Source: opted

9. n. a garment that covers the head and face Source: wordnet

10. n. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms Source: wordnet

11. n. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) Source: wordnet

12. n. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl Source: wordnet

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