- disguised: a veiled insult
- (of sound, tone, the voice, etc) not distinct; muffled
veiledly /ˈveɪlɪdlɪ/ adv
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veiled /veɪld/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023- having or wearing a veil.
- not openly or directly revealed or expressed:a veiled threat.
veiled (vāld),USA pronunciation
adj.
veil•ed•ly
(vā′lid lē),USA pronunciation adv.
- 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.
- veil + -ed3 1585–95
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veiled /veɪld/ adj
veiledly /ˈveɪlɪdlɪ/ adv
veiledly /ˈveɪlɪdlɪ/ adv
veil /veɪl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023- Clothinga piece of opaque, transparent, or mesh material worn over the face to hide or protect, to enhance the appearance, or to be part of an outfit or costume:the bride's veil.
- something that covers, hides, screens, or conceals:a veil of secrecy.
- Idioms take the veil, to become a nun.
veil (vāl),USA pronunciation
n.
v.t.
v.i.
veil′less, adj.
veil′like′, adj.
- Clothinga piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Clothinga 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, esp. 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.
- Anatomy, Botany, Zoology[Bot., Anat., Zool.]a velum.
- Fungi[Mycol.]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 Eng.]a caul.
- take the veil, to become a nun.
v.t.
- 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.
v.i.
- to don or wear a veil:In certain Islamic countries women must veil.
- Anglo-French veiler, derivative of veile
- Latin vēla, neuter plural (taken in Vulgar Latin as feminine singular) of vēlum covering; (verb, verbal) Middle English veilen
- Anglo-French
- (noun, nominal) Middle English veile 1175–1225
veil′like′, adj.
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veil /veɪl/ n
ˈveiler n ˈveil-ˌlike adj
- 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; mask: a 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 a membranous structure, esp the thin layer of cells connecting the edge of a young mushroom cap with the stipe- another word for caul
- (transitive) to cover, conceal, or separate with or as if with a veil
- (intransitive) to wear or put on a veil
ˈveiler n ˈveil-ˌlike adj
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