Veil

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance. 1.2 a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun. 1.3 the life of a nun, esp. a cloistered life. 1.4 something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals 1.5 a mask, disguise, or pretense 1.6 Botany, Anatomy, Zoology . a velum. 1.7 Mycology . a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base. 1.8 Scot. and North England . a caul. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to cover or conceal with or as with a veil 2.2 to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to don or wear a veil 4 Idiom 4.1 take the veil 5 Antonyms 5.1 verb 6 Synonyms 6.1 noun 6.2 verb

Noun

a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.

a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun.

the life of a nun, esp. a cloistered life.

something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals

a veil of smoke; the veil of death.

a mask, disguise, or pretense

to find fault under a veil of humor.

Botany, Anatomy, Zoology . a velum.

Mycology . a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base.

Scot. and North England . a caul.

Verb (used with object)

to cover or conceal with or as with a veil

She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline.

to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise

to veil one's intentions.

Verb (used without object)

to don or wear a veil

In certain Islamic countries women must veil.

Idiom

take the veil

to become a nun.

Antonyms

verb

reveal

Synonyms

noun

blind , cloak , coloring , cover , curtain , facade , false front , film , front , guise , mantilla , mask , screen , shade , shroud , veilingnotes:vale is a poetic word for valley; a veil is a thin curtainlike covering or shield , color , disguise , disguisement , face , false colors , gloss , masquerade , pretense , pretext , semblance , show , veneer , window-dressing

verb

beard * , blanket , camouflage , cloak , conceal , cover , cover up , curtain * , dim , disguise , drape , enclose , enfold , enshroud , envelop , finesse , invest , launder , mantle , mask , obscure , put up a front , screen , secrete , shield , shroud , stonewall * , whitewash * , wrapnotes:vale is a poetic word for valley; a veil is a thin curtainlike covering or shield , clothe , enwrap , infold , hide , hush , cloud , curtain , guise , netting , velum , yashmak