veil
English Thesaurus
1. a garment that covers the head and face (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | garment, |
| definition | : | an article of clothing (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chadar, chaddar, chador, chuddar, |
| definition | : | a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | face veil, |
| definition | : | a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | yashmac, yashmak, |
| definition | : | the face veil worn by Muslim women (noun.artifact) |
2. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | vestment, |
| definition | : | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy (noun.artifact) |
3. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | fetal membrane, |
| definition | : | any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | placenta, |
| definition | : | the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus (noun.body) |
4. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | universal veil, |
| definition | : | membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | partial veil, |
| definition | : | membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap (noun.plant) |
5. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
| definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| verb group | : | efface, obliterate, |
| definition | : | remove completely from recognition or memory (verb.change) |
6. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | conceal, hide, |
| definition | : | prevent from being seen or discovered (verb.perception) |
| entail | : | cover, |
| definition | : | provide with a covering or cause to be covered (verb.contact) |
7. a garment that covers the head and face (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | veil, veil, |
| definition | : | to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil (verb.contact) |
8. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (verb.change)
9. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | unveil, |
| definition | : | remove the veil from (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | head covering, veil, |
| definition | : | a garment that covers the head and face (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | humeral veil, veil, |
| definition | : | a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl (noun.artifact) |
10. a garment that covers the head and face (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | veil, veil, |
| definition | : | to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil (verb.contact) |
11. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (verb.change)
12. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | unveil, |
| definition | : | remove the veil from (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | head covering, veil, |
| definition | : | a garment that covers the head and face (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | humeral veil, veil, |
| definition | : | a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl (noun.artifact) |
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