VEIL

Definition of VEIL

  1. (verb)to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
  2. (verb)make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  3. (noun)a garment that covers the head and face
  4. (noun)a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
  5. (noun)the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
  6. (noun)a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl