veil

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I - noun

1. a garment that covers the head and face (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
head covering
• Hypernyms:
garment
• Hyponyms:
chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar, face veil,
yashmak, yashmac
2. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
• Syn:
velum
• Hypernyms:
plant part, plant structure
• Hyponyms:
universal veil, partial veil
3. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church;
a silk shawl
• Syn:
humeral veil
• Hypernyms:
vestment
4. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
• Syn:
caul, embryonic membrane
• Hypernyms:
fetal membrane
• Part Holonyms:
placenta

II - verb

1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil (Freq. 5)
- women in Afghanistan veil their faces
• Ant:
unveil
• Hypernyms:
hide, conceal
• Entailment:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- a hidden message
- a veiled threat
• Syn:
obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide
• Derivationally related forms:
hiding (for: hide), obliterable (for: obliterate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
mystify
• Verb Group:
obliterate, efface
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  humeral veil, caul, embryonic membrane, velum, head covering, obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide