veil
veil is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden tresses wore. Milton.
- 2.A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. Shak.
- 3.(Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
- 4.(Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
- 5.(Zoöl.) Same as Velum, 3. To take the veil (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun.
- 6.To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. Milton.
- 7.Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abditory
- adytum
- ambuscade
- ambush
- and
- awning
- back
- background
- beach
- blend
- blind
- blinker
- bowery
- cast
- chick
- cloak
- close
- closet
- cloud
- concealed
- concealment
- cover
- crypt
- curtain
- danger
- darken
- deceive
- disguise
- domino
- draw
- drawer
- dress
- folding
- for
- gathering
- gauze
- glade
- hail
- hidden
- hide
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is veil.
- What is she, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden tresses wore. Milton called?
- What is a cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. Shak called?
- What is (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum called?
- What is a covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil called?
- What is same as Velum, 3. To take the veil (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun called?
- What is to throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. Milton called?
- What is fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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