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Textual thesaurus for "veil"

(noun) head covering

a garment that covers the head and face


(noun) humeral veil

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


(noun) embryonic membrane, caul

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


(noun) velum

a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms


(verb) obliterate, obscure, blot out, hide

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

a hidden message; a veiled threat