peçe; yaşmak: she raised her veil. peçesini açtı

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Definition of peçe; yaşmak: she raised her veil. peçesini açtı in Turkish English dictionary

{i} veil

To don, or garb with, a veil

A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom

A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense

{n} a cover to conceal the face; see vail

to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces

If you draw a veil over something, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about. The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nuns veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil

You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil. The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge

To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil

You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil. The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere = haze

The calyptra of mosses

At one time men wore veils, as St Ambrose testifies He speaks of the “silken garments and the veils interwoven with gold, with which the bodies of rich men are encompassed ” (St Ambrose lived 340-397 )

a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face

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 diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face

A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face. She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it

A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; called also velum

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used in middle eastern dance The veil is very popular in middle eastern dance