veiled

[ veyld ]

/ veɪld /

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adjective

having a veil: a veiled hat.

covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil: a veiled woman.

not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure: a veiled threat.

lacking clarity or distinctness: veiled sounds; a veiled image.

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Origin of veiled

First recorded in 1585–95; veil + -ed³

Related formsveil·ed·ly

[vey-lid-lee] /ˌveɪ lɪd li/, adverbhalf-veiled, adjectivewell-veiled, adjective

veil

[ veyl ]

/ veɪl /

noun

a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.

a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun.

the life of a nun, especially a cloistered life.

something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals: a veil of smoke; the veil of death.

a mask, disguise, or pretense: to find fault under a veil of humor.

Botany, Anatomy, Zoology. a velum.

Mycology. a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base.

Scot. and North England. a caul.

verb (used with object)

to cover or conceal with or as with a veil: She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline.

to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise: to veil one's intentions.

verb (used without object)

to don or wear a veil: In certain Islamic countries women must veil.

Origin of veil

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English veile < Anglo-French < Latin vēla, neuter plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of vēlum covering; (v.) Middle English veilen < Anglo-French veiler, derivative of veile

Related formsveil·less, adjectiveveil·like, adjective

Can be confusedvale veil

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When Alsop did catch him he came across with the terrible experiences he had had himself with the veiled woman.
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An oracle is ever veiled in obscurity; the more we believe that we know its meaning, the less do we understand it.
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The last wishes of Mr Van Klas were faithfully fulfilled; the funeral went off splendidly, veiled in a thick cloud of smoke.
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The whole slope and height were veiled in an impenetrable smoke.
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British Dictionary definitions for veiled

veiled

/ (veɪld) /

adjective

disguiseda veiled insult

(of sound, tone, the voice, etc) not distinct; muffled

Derived Formsveiledly (ˈveɪlɪdlɪ), adverb

Veil

/ (French vaɪl) /

noun

Simone (Annie) (simɔn). born 1927, French stateswoman; president of the European Parliament (1979–82): a survivor of Nazi concentration camps

veil

/ (veɪl) /

noun

a piece of more or less transparent material, usually attached to a hat or headdress, used to conceal or protect a woman's face and head

part of a nun's headdress falling round the face onto the shoulders

something that covers, conceals, or separates; maska veil of reticence

the veil the life of a nun in a religious order and the obligations entailed by it

take the veil to become a nun

Also called: velum botany a membranous structure, esp the thin layer of cells connecting the edge of a young mushroom cap with the stipe

anatomy another word for caul

See humeral veil

verb

(tr) to cover, conceal, or separate with or as if with a veil

(intr) to wear or put on a veil

Derived Formsveiler, nounveilless, adjectiveveil-like, adjective

Word Origin for veil

C13: from Norman French veile, from Latin vēla sails, pl of vēlum a covering

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Word Origin and History for veiled

veil

late 14c., from Old French veler, voiller, from Latin velare "to cover, veil," from velum (see veil (n.)). Figurative sense of "to conceal" (something immaterial) is recorded from 1530s. Related: Veiled; veiling.

veil

early 13c., from Anglo-French and Old North French veil (Old French voile) "a head-covering," also "a sail," from Latin vela, plural of velum "sail, curtain, covering," from PIE root *weg- "to weave a web." Vela was mistaken in Vulgar Latin for a feminine singular noun. To take the veil "become a nun" is attested from early 14c.

Medicine definitions for veiled

veil

[ vāl ]

n.

caul

velum

Science definitions for veiled

veil

[ vāl ]

A membranous covering or part, especially a membrane surrounding the young mushrooms of certain basidiomycete fungi. In some species the membrane (called a partial veil) extends only from the stalk to the cap. As the cap expands, the veil breaks, leaving a ring called an annulus on the stalk and often scalelike pieces on the cap. These veil remnants are important for identifying species of mushrooms.

Idioms and Phrases with veiled

veil

see draw a veil over.

veiled

adjective

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