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English noun: veil | |||
| 1. | veil (artifact) a garment that covers the head and face | ||
| Synonyms | head covering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | garment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chadar, chaddar, chador, chuddar, face veil, yashmac, yashmak | ||
| 2. | veil (plant) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | ||
| Synonyms | velum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plant part, plant structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | partial veil, universal veil | ||
| 3. | veil (body) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | ||
| Synonyms | caul, embryonic membrane | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fetal membrane | ||
| Part meronym | placenta | ||
| 4. | veil (artifact) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | ||
| Synonyms | humeral veil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | vestment | ||
English verb: veil | |||
| 1. | veil (contact) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | ||
| Samples | Women in Afghanistan veil their faces. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conceal, hide | ||
| Entail | cover | ||
| Antonyms | unveil | ||
| 2. | veil (change) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | ||
| Samples | A hidden message. A veiled threat. | ||
| Synonyms | blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mystify | ||
| Verb group | efface, obliterate | ||
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