Overview of noun veil

The noun veil has 4 senses

• head covering, veil -- (a garment that covers the head and face)


• veil, velum -- (a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms)


• caul, veil, embryonic membrane -- (the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth))


• humeral veil, veil -- (a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl)

Overview of verb veil

The verb veil has 2 senses

• veil -- (to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces")


• obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide -- (make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat")