Definizione monolingua

veil

veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)

1. To don, or garb with, a veil.
2. To conceal as with a veil.

   The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

veil (plural veils)

1. 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.
   • 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence. p. 4.

     Beckett complains that ""in the forest of symbols"" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.

2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
3. The calyptra of mosses.
4. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
5. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nuns veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.
6. Same as velum, 4.
7. (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

Definizione dizionario veil

velo

coprire

velare

veletta

Altri significati:

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.

covering for a person or thing

Same as velum, 4.

(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

The calyptra of mosses.

don with a veil

veil (mystery)

A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

A head covering.

something to hide an object

conceal with a veil

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.

To don, or garb with, a veil.

To conceal as with a veil.

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