veil

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

veils

1.
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
3.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
4.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
a nun's veil
a paten veil
an altar veil
5.
(biology) The calyptra of mosses.
6.
(zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
7.
(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
8.
(mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
9.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
10.
(figuratively)(figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.

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verb

V_es/s

veils

V_ing/Gerund

veiling

V_ed/pp

veiled

1.
(transitive)To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
2.
(transitive)To conceal as with a veil.
The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English veil, veyl, from - and veil (sail, veil, shroud) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum (cloth, covering). Displaced scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (veil) (compare Schleier). velum voile.