VEIL

• (noun) a garment that covers the head and face

  synonyms : head covering

• (noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

  synonyms : humeral veil

• (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

  synonyms : caul , embryonic membrane

• (noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

  synonyms : velum

• (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

  "a hidden message", "a veiled threat"

  synonyms : blot out , hide , obliterate , obscure

  The horrible handwriting obscured the actual message. -added by naila_inlas

  The directions on the wall were obliterated by graffiti. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

  "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

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