veil
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7.7
- noun
- /veɪl/
- Specialized
:
velo
- It's a thin whitish-blue veil stretched from end to end over us, a flat gauze tarp.
We see things here, but it's just a thin veil to see into the other realms.
- We see things here, but it's just a thin veil to see into the other realms.
- Oh, it's like a skin veil.
Examples
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I was born with a veil over my face, you know?
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A cliff-toad peering from a ledge through the veil of a waterfall, vigilant for predators.
Fiction book (1994) -
We see things here, but it's just a thin veil to see into the other realms.
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So here we are, working unseen behind the veil.
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Your people, my loved ones, there is a thin veil separating us from them.
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A little girl gasped for breath, a thin brown veil, like layers of spiderwebs, covering her face.
Fiction book (1999) -
Plumes of dust like dark veils tore from their corners and stung my eyes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tarasoff widened the retractors. Beneath a thin veil of peritoneal tissue glistened the liver and loops of small intestine.
Academic text (2008) -
The mushroom's veil protected its delicate gills from the elements before it opened.
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Underneath the garden's veil of fog, the newly sprouted mushrooms emerged.
Synonyms
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9.9
A thin skin-like layer covering a newborn's head at birth
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A thin layer that surrounds and protects a developing baby in the womb
A thin skin that sometimes covers a baby's head when it is born
A thin skin covering a young mushroom that breaks as it grows
A thin skin covering a young mushroom that breaks, leaving a cup at the base or patches on the cap
A thin skin that covers a young mushroom and breaks to leave a ring on the stem
Idioms
Compounds
A fine, light piece of cloth worn over the face for decoration or during ceremonies
- Formal
A long cloth that a priest wears over their shoulders during Catholic services
- Specialized
A thin skin that covers a young mushroom and breaks to leave a ring on the stem
- Specialized
A thin skin covering a young mushroom that breaks, leaving a cup at the base or patches on the cap
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Veil comes from the old Latin word velum, which meant 'cloth' or 'sail'. The idea of a thin covering like a cloth makes it easy to see why a thin natural membrane is called a veil.