| NOUN | artifact | veil, head covering | a garment that covers the head and face |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | veil, velum | a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | |
| body | veil, caul, embryonic membrane | the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | |
| artifact | veil, humeral veil | a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church | |
| VERB | contact | veil | to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
| change | veil, obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
| Sounds | vey'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | A garment that covers the head and face. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | head covering | |
| Narrower | chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar | A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women |
| face veil | A piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face | |
| yashmak, yashmac | The face veil worn by Muslim women | |
| Broader | garment | An article of clothing |
| Spanish | velo | |
| Catalan | vel | |
| Verbs | veil | to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
| Meaning | A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | velum | |
| Narrower | partial veil | membrane of the young / young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth |
| universal veil | Membrane initially completely investing the young / young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth | |
| Broader | plant part, plant structure | Any part of a plant or fungus |
| Spanish | velo parcial | |
| Catalan | velum | |
| Meaning | The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | caul, embryonic membrane | |
| Part of | placenta | The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring / transferring wastes from the developing fetus |
| Broader | fetal membrane | Any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus |
| Meaning | A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | humeral veil | |
| Broader | vestment | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy |
| Spanish | velo | |
| Catalan | vel | |
| Verbs | veil | to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
| Meaning | To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "women in Afghanistan veil their faces" | |
| Entails | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Broader | hide, conceal | prevent from being seen or discovered |
| Opposite | unveil | Remove the veil from |
| Spanish | ocultar, poner un velo, velar | |
| Catalan | ocultar, velar | |
| Nouns | veil | a garment that covers the head and face |
| veil | a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church | |
| Meaning | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "a veiled threat" | |
| Synonyms | obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide | |
| Narrower | mystify | make mysterious |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | obliterate, efface | Remove completely from recognition or memory |
| Spanish | condenar al olvido, enmascarar, enturbiar, erradicar, esconder, ignorar, obscurecer, ofuscar, oscurecer | |
| Catalan | enfosquir, fosquejar, obscurir | |
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