vailing
Meaning of vailing
verb
- To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
- To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
- To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
- (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
- To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- To conceal as with a veil.
The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
Information about vailing
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Hyphenation of vailing
vail-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- vailing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of vailing
Words that rhyme with vailing
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