to veil
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5.0
- verb
- /veɪl/
:
velar
- He tried to veil his disappointment with a smile.
- thinly veiled
- a veiled reference
- veiled threats
A lot of that like abuse that is thinly veiled as like them.
- A lot of that like abuse that is thinly veiled as like them.
- But then again, this not showing which veils is not semblance.
- We're ignoring the Father, but it only seems to to veil our our unbreakable bond.
Examples
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The report was designed to veil the company's financial troubles from the public.
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The speaker chose to veil her true intentions behind polite words.
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I think I must draw a veil over the past.
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Veil it, hide it, lock it up and throw away the key.
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India is a land of differences that veil our senses in enchantment and beauty.
Academic text (1996) -
Right there, across the street, veiled in smoke from the barbecue pit.
Fiction book (1994) -
My therapist says anger is really veiled sadness.
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The essential aspects of my work here must remain veiled, as they say, in secrecy.
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In the foreground, a tower of City Hall is seen veiled in blue plastic.
Fiction book (1998) -
NMCC thinks Russia will use this to veil troop movements into Chechnya.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep something so others cannot see or understand it
∞
1.0
To put something over another thing to protect or hide it
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3.7
To hide something so people cannot see or find out about it
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3.7
To hide something so others cannot see or find it
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1.6
To cover something completely so it cannot be seen
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3.7
To cover part of something to hide or protect it
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7.0
Make something hard to see or understand
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5.1
To cover something so it is hard to see or understand
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6.0
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
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4.2
To cover completely with something so it is hard to see or reach
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4.6
To cover completely so it cannot be seen, often by water or strong feeling
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5.4
Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it
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8.2
To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it
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8.1
Hide something carefully where others cannot find it
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9.5
To hide your true feelings or plans with a false expression
Antonyms
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 Hidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Veil comes from the old Latin word velum, which meant 'cloth' or 'sail'. To 'veil' something is to put a cover over it, so the verb keeps the simple idea of hiding or covering.