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Meanings of veil in English

Portuguese
apagar
Catalan
fosquejar
Spanish
condenar al olvido

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

apagar
Portuguese
véu
Catalan
vel
Spanish
velo

A head covering.

véu
Synonyms
Examples for "head covering"
Examples for "head covering"
1
She was in her gray dress, but without shawl or head covering.
The House of Martha
2
Both looked around, but could see nothing of the missing head covering.
The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall
3
Many of the local women here wear the traditional Muslim head covering.
Reuters
4
Sun, belief concerning; exposure to, feared by natives; under equatorial, without head covering
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
5
The plain cap is the best head covering for a boy.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
Catalan
vel
Spanish
velo

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

vel
Portuguese
encobrir
Catalan
velar
Spanish
velar

To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil.

encobrir
Usage of veil in English
1
Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
2
Maggots did indeed appear-squirmingalong the veil, longing to reach the meat.
Wired
3
The first sign was the rending of the veil of the temple.
The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ: A Devotional History of Our...
4
Prince Djiddin was wrapped in the veil of a solemn personal seclusion.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
5
I'm sure that reaching through the veil takes a lot of effort.
Dark rivers of the heart
6
The veil of the temple of our humanity is rent in twain.
A Study of Shakespeare
7
She was wrapped in a black mantle; a veil concealed her face.
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
8
Then the veil of blackness shredded and an image inside became clear.
Torment
9
It is hidden behind a veil, explained Yasuda, the anti-death penalty activist.
Reuters
10
She drew aside the veil, and looked him steadily in the face.
Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volum...
11
Cadorna's refusal to veil his opinion, cost what it may, was admirable.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
12
Those were onsets of involuntary contemplation; sudden partings of the conceptual veil.
Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People
13
And Thusis wore her vestal veil in the full sun of noon.
In Secret
14
After seeing behind the veil, it might not be right for me.
Ebony
15
The two long journeys end at the snow-drift of the bridal veil.
The Wedding Ring / A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives...
16
Dream and reality blended, the veil between them blurring before it lifted.
The captive
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Translations for veil
Veil through the time
Veil across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common