| veil | (noun) a garment that covers the head and face | Synonyms: head covering |
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| (noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | Synonyms: humeral veil |
| (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane |
| (noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: velum |
| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure |
| (verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | - |
| veiled | (adjective) having or as if having a veil or concealing cover | - |
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| (adjective) muted or unclear | - |
| veiling | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, netting |
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