Dictionary definition · veil
noun
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
verb
- to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil"women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing"a hidden message"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).