veil
a garment that covers the head and face
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,435 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,048 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a garment that covers the head and face also: head covering
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms also: velum
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) also: caul, embryonic membrane
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl also: humeral veil
verb
- to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil women in Afghanistan veil their faces
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing also: obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide a hidden messagea veiled threat
veil in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The mules stopped, and through her light veil I saw that she was handsome.
The Cavalier · George Washington Cable · Chapter 1
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She helped Emily to remove her walking dress, and neatly folded away her gloves and veil.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Ah roses, love's fair roses, do not languish; Blush through the milk-white veil that holds you covered.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Had she not, perhaps, succeeded in lifting a corner of the veil which covered the secret of her birth?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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At last they formed a moving veil through which the building at the other end of the courtyard could barely be seen.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1