veil — OAT · Shobdo

veil

noun

1 her face was hidden behind a black veil:

face covering, veiling;

in Spanish-speaking countries mantilla;

in Muslim & Hindu societies yashmak, purdah.

2 a thin veil of high cloud made the sun hazy:

covering, cover, screen, shield, curtain, layer, film, mantle, cloak, mask, blanket, shroud, canopy, cloud, blur, haze, mist, pall.

verb

the peak was often veiled in mist:

envelop, surround, swathe, enfold, cover, cover up, conceal, hide, secrete, camouflage, disguise, mask, screen, shield, cloak, blanket, shroud, enwrap, canopy, overlay;

obscure, shade, shadow, eclipse, cloud, blot out, block out, blank out, obliterate, overshadow;

literary enshroud, mantle, bedim, benight, becloud, befog;

rare obnubilate.

▷antonyms unveil, expose, uncover.