Word Meanings - VEIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. (more info) covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. 1. Something hung

Additional info about word: VEIL

A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. (more info) covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. 1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden tresses wore. Milton. 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. Shak. The calyptra of mosses. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VEIL)

• Cloak
• Conceal
• disguise
• mask
• veil
• hide
• cover
• palliate
• screen
• mitigate
• extenuate
• Mystery
• Enigma
• puzzle
• obscurity
• secrecy
• shroud
• arcanum
• Shroud
• Cover
• obscure
• darken
• envelop
• shelter

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of VEIL)

• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice
• Reveal
• make known
• discover
• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine
• Open
• expose
• surrender
• aggravate
• exaggerate
• prosecute
• imperil
• endanger

Related words: (words related to VEIL)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• DARKEN
  Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
  Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• CONCEALED
  Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• SECRECY
  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• UNSHROUD
  To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.