Veil
[veɪl] or [vel]
Definition
(noun.) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms.
(verb.) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; 'women in Afghanistan veil their faces'.
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Definition
(n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
(n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
(n.) The calyptra of mosses.
(n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
(n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
(n.) Same as Velum, 3.
(n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
(n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Checker: Sheena
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Screen, shade, curtain.[2]. Cover, disguise, mask, visor, blind, cloak.
v. a. [1]. Screen.[2]. Cover, hide, mask, conceal, disguise.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intercept, hide, screen, disguise, palliate, mask, cover, conceal
ANT:Expose, unveil, strip, denude, exaggerate
Inputed by Claude
Definition
n. a curtain: anything that hides an object: a piece of muslin or thin cloth worn by ladies to shade or hide the face: a cover: a disguise: an obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation: in fungi the partial covering of the stem or margin of the cap—applied also to the indusium of ferns.—v.t. to cover with a veil: to cover: to conceal.—n. Veil′ing the act of concealing with a veil: a veil: material for making veils.—adjs. Veil′less wanting a veil: uncovered; Vē′lar (philol.) denoting sounds (gw kw &c.) produced by the veil of the palate or soft palate; Vē′lary pertaining to a sail.—n. Vēlā′tion a veiling: concealment mystery.—Eucharistic or Sacramental veils the linen or silk cloths used to cover the eucharistic vessels and the elements during the celebration of Mass or Holy Communion.—Take the veil to become a nun.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you wear a veil, denotes that you will not be perfectly sincere with your lover, and you will be forced to use stratagem to retain him. To see others wearing veils, you will be maligned and defamed by apparent friends. An old, or torn veil, warns you that deceit is being thrown around you with sinister design. For a young woman to dream that she loses her veil, denotes that her lover sees through her deceitful ways and is likely to retaliate with the same. To dream of seeing a bridal veil, foretells that you will make a successful change in the immediate future, and much happiness in your position. For a young woman to dream that she wears a bridal veil, denotes that she will engage in some affair which will afford her lasting profit and enjoyment. If it gets loose, or any accident befalls it, she will be burdened with sadness and pain. To throw a veil aside, indicates separation or disgrace. To see mourning veils in your dreams, signifies distress and trouble, and embarrassment in business.
Typist: Oliver
Examples
- She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Nine-tenths of them wear nothing on their heads but a filmy sort of veil, which falls down their backs like a white mist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She turned aside her head; the neck, the clear cheek, forsaken by their natural veil, were seen to flush warm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Perdita, wedded to an imagination, careless of what is behind the veil, whose charactery is in truth faulty and vile, Perdita has renounced me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Very little white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Their veils were down, and hid their faces from me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At last, men felt, the ranks of diplomacy were broken, the veils of Great Power policy were rent in twain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We let their bodies go abroad liberally enough, with smiles and ringlets and pink bonnets to disguise them instead of veils and yakmaks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This would seem to be secretly agreeable to Wegg, but he veils his feelings, and observes, 'Strange. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then wrapt they in soft purple veils the rich urn, digg'd a pit, Grav'd it, built up the grave with stones, and quickly piled on it A barrow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The veiled woman with her cried out faintly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Party speeches were delivered, which clothed the question in cant, and veiled its simple meaning in a woven wind of words. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I saw the white tomb again, and the veiled woman rising out of it by Hartright's side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- These two points of view are really opposed, and the opposition is only veiled by the genius of Plato. Plato. The Republic.
- Ursula was dim and veiled, looming over him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In his heavy and feverish sleep, a veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Against the dark draperies veiling the archway the slender figure of the handsome Greek stood out in bold relief. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The actual world at their feet was veiling itself in dimness, and across the valley a clear moon rose in the denser blue. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In his own mind there was only a lazy sense of pleasure, veiling the sharp edges of sensation as the September haze veiled the scene at their feet. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This sentiment passed rapidly through William's mind as he was holding Amelia's hand, whilst the handkerchief was veiling her eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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