veil

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /veɪl/

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• Homophones: vale, vail

Noun

Singular veil

Plural veils

A wedding veil.

1. (countable) A veil is a thin piece of cloth that hides a woman's face.

   Her hair fell over her face like a veil.

2. (countable) A veil is something that hides important information about a situation.

   The election lifted the thin veil and fully exposed the truth about America.

Verb

Plain form veil

Third-person singular veils

Past tense veiled

Past participle veiled

Present participle veiling

1. (transitive) If you veil something, you make it hard to see or understand.