a veil

Определение a veil в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: vele; peplum
veil: To don, or garb with, a veil
veil: A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom
veil: A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense
veil: Same as velum, 4
veil: A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum
veil: A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil
veil: {n} a cover to conceal the face; see vail
veil: {v} to cover, hide, conceal, invest
veil: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces
veil: 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
veil: A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nuns veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil
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
veil: To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil
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
veil: The calyptra of mosses
veil: 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 )
veil: a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face
veil: 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
veil: 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
veil: A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; called also velum
veil: Fig
veil: used in middle eastern dance The veil is very popular in middle eastern dance
veil: a garment that covers the head and face
veil: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
veil: To conceal as with a veil
veil: {i} length of cloth worn by women as a face covering; netting attached to a woman's hat; something which hides or conceals (such as a curtain); nun's headdress; vow's of a nun; membrane which covers an immature mushroom
veil: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
veil: thin cloth draped over head, sometimes to cover face Used for modesty and mourning
veil: A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil
veil: An ultrathin surfacing mat used to increase the resin content at the surface of the profile
veil: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal
veil: Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp
veil: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
veil: Same as Velum, 3
veil: Appears as inclusion in clear Quartz It looks like a veil of very fine Gossamer inside the crystal Holds the energy of a mystery which the crystal can unfold
veil: Human term for the mists of Widow's Veil Swamp
veil: {f} cover; hide
veil: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
veil: higab