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veils
 
Noun veil has 3 senses
  1. head covering, veil - a garment that covers the head and face
    --1 is a kind of garment
    --1 has particulars:
     chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar; face veil; yashmak, yashmac
    Derived form: verb veil1
  2. caul, veil, embryonic membrane - the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
    --2 is a kind of fetal membrane
    --2 is a part of placenta
  3. humeral veil, veil - a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
    --3 is a kind of vestment
    Derived form: verb veil1
Verb veil has 2 senses
  1. veil - to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
    --1 is one way to     hide, conceal
    Antonyms: unveil
    Derived forms: noun veil3, noun veil1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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