Veil is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for VEIL in dictionary:

VERB:
• to cover with a veil
• cover with or as if with a veil
• partially conceal, disguise, or obscure
• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
NOUN:
• a covering of fine fabric for the head, face, or both, also VEALE, VELE
• a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face
• a thing that conceals, disguises, or obscures something
• (in Jewish antiquity) the piece of precious cloth separating the sanctuary from the body of the Temple or the Tabernacle.
• a membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development, either (universal veil) enclosing the whole fruiting body or (partial veil) joining the edges of the cap to the stalk.
• piece of thin cloth covering the head or face
• 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 diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
• A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
• The calyptra of mosses.
• A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
• A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun\'s veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
• Same as Velum, 3.
• To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
• Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
• a garment that covers the head and face
• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
• a piece of fabric forming part of a nun's headdress, resting on the head and shoulders.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to provide with a veil (a piece of sheer fabric worn over the face)

Words related to VEIL

veale8 veiled10 veiler9 veilers10 veilier10 veiliest11 veiling11 veilless11 veillike15 veils8 veily11 vele7

Words that contain VEIL

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How to use VEIL in a sentence

• Only the Veil began to lift, so that she saw the Opening Gates and the Glory behind them.
• No air stirred, and, as he sat silent, he listened for sounds that might come through the white veil, hearing only the occasional stirring of some animal.
• I have a blessed conviction that, through the merits of my Redeemer, I shall see Him without a veil between.
• At other times the picture quivered dimly, through the veil of green reflections upon their movements.
• From behind a veil that sunlight hangs before them in the day they emerge and show themselves.
• The wind beginning to blow, the gray mass soon was whirled and spread down like a great veil around us.
• To avoid attracting notice, she carried her new hat carefully wrapped up, and had thrown a long grey veil of Mrs.
• The girl, not seeing the door open, lifted the veil for an instant to wipe away her tears.
• For extra precaution, when either of us went out, a veil was worn.
• She put up one hand and lifted the thin black veil she was wearing, and turned her face upward to the stars.
• There was ever a fire to extinguish at his throat, nor could he veil his wanton eye at the sight of a pretty wench.
• She was plainly and neatly dressed, and wore a heavy veil, but seemed greatly excited.
• I had lifted the veil from the Past for myself, and I was now to rest no more till I had lifted it for others.
• The view from my window shows me the mist heavy on the earth, and a dim gray veil drawn darkly over the sky.
• For a moment a cloud of smoke pitifully drew a soft grey veil over the awful scene while the men who were left fell back in straggling broken groups.
• He led her to a table in a remote corner, and the moment they were seated she removed her veil and disclosed a very beautiful face.
• As in the question of the veil, nothing should be done contrary to wisdom.
• The veil between the inner and outer world was very thin, and to tear it, and be free to be near the Beloved, was very sweet.
• With a veil on nobody could tell whether you was going or coming.
• We shall draw a veil over the last interview between Sam and Marian.
• I found out one day, when her maid, who was an hourly irritation to her, was especially slow about arranging her veil, that my fingers pleased and satisfied.
• Once or twice, her veil slipped down over her face, and she impatiently pushed it back.
• He changed clothes with her, coloured his face like hers, put on her veil and murdered her, that she might tell no tales.
• And suddenly the veil fell from my eyes, and reality lay stripped before me.
• For six months that white veil which had once hidden Lance Harriott in its folds returned without him.
• The veil which hangs around The past is lifted by the breath of sound, As strong winds lift the dying leaves, and show The hidden things below.
• The veil was point lace, and must have cost a little fortune.
• I dressed myself in my best clothes, and put a veil over my face, and was ready on the landing of the boat.

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