Veil

What do we mean by veil?

A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women. noun

A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face. noun

A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers. noun

The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders. noun

The life or vows of a nun. noun

Any of various cloth head coverings worn by Muslim women. noun

A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain. noun

Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain. noun

A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum. noun

To cover with or as if with a veil. intransitive verb

To conceal or disguise. intransitive verb

To wear a veil. intransitive verb

To cover with a veil, as the face, or face and head; cover the face of with a veil.

To invest; enshroud; envelop; hide.

Figuratively, to conceal; mask; disguise.

A cloth or other fabric or material intended to conceal something from the eye; a curtain. noun

A piece of stuff, usually very light and more or less transparent, as lawn or lace, intended to conceal, wholly or in part, the features from close observation, while not materially obstructing the vision of the wearer; hence, such a piece of stuff forming a head-dress or part of a head-dress, especially for women. noun

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.

A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

The calyptra of mosses.

A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)

A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

An excellent New Zealand/English alternative rock band fronted by acclaimed singer/songwriter Finn Andrews. They have a sound described as "A Swan being lightly stroked with a chainsaw". They like words and big scary noises and are signed to Rough Trade Records. Urban Dictionary

Equipped by shuns when rioting aboot the streets. It is for protection against the pepper spray and tear gas. Very rad, very rad. Urban Dictionary

A female who plays a male character in an RPG; the flipside of a mangina Urban Dictionary

A racing team in Lompoc, CA. Well, if you want to call it a racing team. Mostly hondas with some broken-engrish speaking drivers. Poser Mobile lookalikes. One of their names rhymes with "Pie" or something. Urban Dictionary

A basketball term used to describe the ankles of an opponent after he or she has been crossed over. Urban Dictionary

An American death metal band from Oak Park, Illinois signed to Sumerian Records. They name is taken from the George William Russell Poem of the same name. As of 2010, they have released three albums. Urban Dictionary

A group of sexy ass dudes from the midwest who drink beer and make noise by playing instruments. Listening to them makes you 547 times cooler than you already are. Urban Dictionary

The pubic hair that is supposed to hide the vagina from direct view usually triangular in appearance on the hood but less hairy than the unkempt retro-bush but slightly more than the landing strip. Urban Dictionary

Mexicans Urban Dictionary

The best emo band to ever fucking exist Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to veil:
veil.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word veil:
niqab, hijab, stipe, bridal, gills, ignorance, veiled, veronica, modesty, secrecy, spores, spore, mushroom, immature, maya, groom, isis, cap, waterfall, flesh, bride, nun, worn, stem, remnants, shoulders, lifted, falls, dress, torn, wear, face, darkness, wore, convent, cloth, wedding, hide, margin, muslim, hair, reveal, wearing, covering, symbol, mystery, hat, partial, thick, islam, islamic, thin, pale, women, ring, covers, eyes, fruit, heaven, tissue, virgin, attached, holy, neck, image.

Words that rhyme with veil:
scale, rail, pale, hail, entail, trail, mail, avail, email, whale, sale, detail, tail, prevail, nail, bail, cocktail, fail, curtail, ale, sail, tale, assail, hale, retail, stale, gale, bale, frail, quail, travail, vale, wail, male, dovetail, blackmail, flail, wholesale, swale, zale, telltale, voicemail, pail, dale, ail, braille, kale, grail, shale, jail, female, upscale, snail, wale, vail, derail, unveil, impale, exhale, yale, surveil, fairytale, inhale, abigail, holy grail, foxtail, quale, cale, gmail, guardrail, ponytail, thumbnail, handrail, brail, greenmail, gael, dwale, gail, coattail, dail, orrell, toenail, resale, monorail, fantail, martingale, airedale, horsetail, clydesdale, countervail, folktale, airmail, soleil, hobnail, biennale, faille, kail, calle, salle, shail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe veil:
black, white, thin, thick, long, dark, corporate, transparent, impenetrable, heavy, blue, green, gray, mysterious, grey, red, light, soft, delicate, fine, short, golden, sacred, silken, flimsy, filmy, purple, yellow, decent, silvery, gauzy, mystic, partial, bridal, beautiful, dusky, cloudy, universal, dense, opaque, brown, double, slight, protective, diaphanous, net, coloured, humeral, embroidered, vast, obscuring, magic, bright, length, inner, dim, like, invisible, sentimental, luminous, colored, torn, discreet, outer, mortal, thinnest, holy, shadowy, pink, kindly, islamic, translucent, sheer, spotted, lovely, snowy, gloomy, rosy, modest, sombre.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective veil:
wild, born, picard, piercing, wilson, rules, present, dimidiate, the, sir.

Consonant match to veil:
vile, vale, vail, veal, val, ville, viel, vaal, vielle, viele, valle, volle, veale, voll, vaile, vahl, voell.

Words that sound like veil:
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