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veil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humeral veil |
| Type of | vestment |
veil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | caul, embryonic membrane |
| Type of | fetal membrane |
veil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | velum |
| Type of | plant part, plant structure |
| Has types | universal veil, partial veil |
Examples of veil
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Ford lowers its veil with the Evos Concept from the recent Frankfurt Motor Show.
From the theepochtimes.com
It's a clear day, so Mount Baldy looms overhead, without its usual veil of smog.
From the ocregister.com
The Jewish new year lifts the veil on human schemes, declaring God isn't fooled.
From the tennessean.com
A veil is lifted today and what wasn't clear earlier will now seem quite simple.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He claimed that no women had ever chosen to wear a full-veil after this request.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That is great news for the ones, like me, who have lived under the veil of fear.
From the economist.com
But with the new work by Lada and her colleagues, the veil is beginning to lift.
From the sciencedaily.com
Job searches typically operate behind a veil of secrecy, not in Florida sunshine.
From the sacbee.com
Car-less, luggage-less Italy vanished behind a bright veil of tears and laughter.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Head covering: a garment that covers the head and face
- To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
- A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- Obscure: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
- Caul: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
- Humeral veil: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face.
- Veil is the fourth studio album by American noise rock band Band of Susans. After establishing their "classic-line up" with their previous album The Word and the Flesh (1991), and recording the EP Now (1992), the band aimed for a new, more sonic and experimental direction on Veil, after the more song-centirc approach to The Word and the Flesh...
- A veil, in botany, is one of several structures in fungi, especially the thin membrane that covers the cap and stalk of an immature mushroom.
