veils
Meaning of veils
plural noun
- a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.
a white bridal veil
- a thing that serves to cover, conceal, or disguise.
a veil of mist and snow lay over the landscape
the venture is shrouded in a veil of secrecy
- a membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development, either ( universal veil ) enclosing the whole fruiting body or ( partial veil ) joining the edges of the cap to the stalk.
- cover with a veil.
she veiled her face
- cover, conceal, or disguise.
cold mists veiled the mountain peaks
he wasn't able to veil his disappointment
the development of these technologies has been veiled in secrecy
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French veil(e ), from Latin vela, plural of velum (see velum).
Information about veils
- The singular form of veils is: veil.
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Hyphenation of veils
veils
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- veils is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
veils synonyms
Meaning a light gauzy fabric used for veils:
Meaning (in Spain) a lace or silk scarf worn by women over the head and shoulders:
Meaning a veil concealing all of the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public:
Meaning the practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or strangers, especially by means of a curtain:
Meaning a layer of something that covers something else:
Meaning a thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy:
Meaning a broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles:
Meaning a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window:
Meaning a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body:
Meaning a thin layer covering a surface:
Meaning a covering of a specified sort:
Meaning something serving to hide or disguise something:
Meaning a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others:
Meaning a thick covering mass or layer:
Meaning a thing that envelops or obscures something:
Meaning an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed:
Meaning a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground:
Meaning a thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly:
Meaning a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles:
Meaning a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1 km):
Meaning a dark cloud of smoke, dust, etc:
Meaning wrap up, cover, or surround completely:
Meaning be all round (someone or something):
Meaning a broad strip or area of something:
Meaning surround; envelop:
Meaning prevent (something) from being known; keep secret:
Meaning put or keep out of sight:
Meaning (of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance):
Meaning hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage:
Meaning give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity:
Meaning wrap; envelop:
Meaning cover the surface of (something) with a coating:
Meaning keep from being seen; conceal:
Meaning screen from direct light:
Meaning envelop in shadow; cast a shadow over:
Meaning obscure or block out (light):
Meaning destroy utterly; wipe out:
Meaning tower above and cast a shadow over:
Meaning envelop completely and hide from view:
Meaning cause to become dim:
Meaning make obscure or muddled:
Meaning make confused:
Meaning darken or cover with or as if with a cloud; obscure:
Meaning not openly acknowledged or displayed:
Meaning kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of:
Meaning past participle of hide1:
Meaning kept secret; hidden:
Meaning having changed one's appearance in order to conceal one's identity:
Meaning wearing a mask on all or part of the face:
Meaning forcibly put an end to:
Meaning present participle of underlie:
Meaning not revealed; secret:
Meaning suggested but not directly expressed; implicit:
Meaning not directly caused by or resulting from something:
Meaning not clear or sharply defined:
Meaning of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning:
Meaning not easy to see, hear, or understand:
veils antonyms
Meaning remove a veil or covering from, in particular uncover (a new monument or work of art) as part of a public ceremony:
Meaning make (something) visible by uncovering it:
Meaning remove a cover or covering from:
Meaning done or shown openly; plainly apparent:
Meaning (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly:
Anagrams of veils
Elvis, elvis, evils, Levis, levis, lives, slive, vleis, vlies
Words that rhyme with veils
corbeils, ceils, deils, heils, envermeils, vermeils, Neils, speils, nonpareils, abseils, seils, steils, teils, overveils, surveils, unveils, weils
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