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Detailed Synonyms for veil in English

veil:

veil [the ~] nom

  1. the veil
    the voile; the veil
  2. the veil
    – a garment that covers the head and face 1
    the veil; the head covering
    – a garment that covers the head and face 1
  3. the veil
    – a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl 1
    the veil; the humeral veil
    – a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl 1
  4. the veil
    – the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) 1
    the veil; the caul; the embryonic membrane
    – the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) 1
  5. the veil
    – a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms 1
    the veil; the velum
    – a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms 1

to veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)

  1. to veil
    to hide; to disguise; to conceal; to suppress; to blur; to hush up; to mantle; to veil; to gloss over
    • hide verbe (hides, hid, hiding)
    • disguise verbe (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • conceal verbe (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • suppress verbe (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • blur verbe (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • hush up verbe (hushes up, hushed up, hushing up)
    • mantle verbe (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • gloss over verbe (glosses over, glossed over, glossing over)
  2. to veil
    to disguise; to dissemble; to veil; to camouflage
    • disguise verbe (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • dissemble verbe (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
    • veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • camouflage verbe (camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging)
  3. to veil
    to conceal; to mask; to cover; to mantle; to camouflage; to blur; to wrap; to envelop; to veil; to shroud; to swathe
    • conceal verbe (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • mask verbe (masks, masked, masking)
    • cover verbe (covers, covered, covering)
    • mantle verbe (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • camouflage verbe (camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging)
    • blur verbe (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • wrap verbe (wraps, wrapped, wrapping)
    • envelop verbe (envelops, enveloped, enveloping)
    • veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • shroud verbe (shrouds, shrouded, shrouding)
    • swathe verbe (swathes, swathed, swathing)
  4. to veil
    to conceal; to disguise; to blur; to mantle; to veil
    • conceal verbe (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • disguise verbe (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • blur verbe (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • mantle verbe (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)
  5. to veil
    – make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing 1
    to obscure; to hide; to veil; to blot out; obliterate
    – make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing 1
    • obscure verbe (obscures, obscured, obscuring)
    • hide verbe (hides, hid, hiding)
      • a hidden message1
    • veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)
      • a veiled threat1
    • blot out verbe (blots out, blotted out, blotting out)
    • obliterate verbe
  6. to veil
    – to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil 1
    to veil
    – to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil 1
    • veil verbe (veils, veiled, veiling)
      • women in Afghanistan veil their faces1

Conjugations for veil:

present
  1. veil
  2. veil
  3. veils
  4. veil
  5. veil
  6. veil
simple past
  1. veiled
  2. veiled
  3. veiled
  4. veiled
  5. veiled
  6. veiled
present perfect
  1. have veiled
  2. have veiled
  3. has veiled
  4. have veiled
  5. have veiled
  6. have veiled
past continuous
  1. was veiling
  2. were veiling
  3. was veiling
  4. were veiling
  5. were veiling
  6. were veiling
future
  1. shall veil
  2. will veil
  3. will veil
  4. shall veil
  5. will veil
  6. will veil
continuous present
  1. am veiling
  2. are veiling
  3. is veiling
  4. are veiling
  5. are veiling
  6. are veiling
subjunctive
  1. be veiled
  2. be veiled
  3. be veiled
  4. be veiled
  5. be veiled
  6. be veiled
diverse
  1. veil!
  2. let's veil!
  3. veiled
  4. veiling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

veil

  1. veil

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Related Definitions for "veil":

  1. a garment that covers the head and face1
  2. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl1
  3. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)1
  4. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms1
  5. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing1
    • a veiled threat1
  6. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil1
    • women in Afghanistan veil their faces1

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