Noun
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a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
a silk shawl
- humeral veil -
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
- embryonic membrane -
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
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a garment that covers the head and face
- head covering
Verb
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make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
"a hidden message"
"a veiled threat"
- blot out -
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
"women in Afghanistan veil their faces"