VEIL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a garment that covers the head and face
   Synonym(s)
   • head covering (what does head covering mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) veil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • garment (what does garment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chador (what does chador mean?)
   • chadar (what does chadar mean?)
   • chaddar (what does chaddar mean?)
   • chuddar (what does chuddar mean?)
   • face veil (what does face veil mean?)
   • yashmak (what does yashmak mean?)
   • yashmac (what does yashmac mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • veil (what does veil mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
   • a silk shawl
   Synonym(s)
   • humeral veil (what does humeral veil mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) veil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • vestment (what does vestment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • veil (what does veil mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
   Synonym(s)
   • caul (what does caul mean?)
   • embryonic membrane (what does embryonic membrane mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) veil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fetal membrane (what does fetal membrane mean?)

VEIL as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   Synonym(s)
   • blot out (what does blot out mean?)
   • hide (what does hide mean?)
   • obliterate (what does obliterate mean?)
   • obscure (what does obscure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a hidden message
   • a veiled threat
   Hypernyms(s) veil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • concealment (what does concealment mean?)
   • concealing (what does concealing mean?)
   • hiding (what does hiding mean?)
2. Meaning
   • to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
   Usage Example(s)
   • women in Afghanistan veil their faces
   Hypernyms(s) veil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hide (what does hide mean?)
   • conceal (what does conceal mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • unveil (what does unveil mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • humeral veil (what does humeral veil mean?)
   • veil (what does veil mean?)
   • head covering (what does head covering mean?)
   • veil (what does veil mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • cover (what does cover mean?)