Usually means: Covering that conceals or hides.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. veil: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. veil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. veil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. veil, the veil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. veil: Vocabulary.com
  6. Veil, veil: Wordnik
  7. veil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. veil: Wiktionary
  9. veil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. veil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. veil: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. veil: Dictionary.com
  13. veil: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. veil: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. The Veil (album), The Veil, Veil (album), Veil (botany), Veil (comics), Veil (cosmetics), Veil (disambiguation), Veil (mycology), Veil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Veil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. veil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. veil: Rhymezone
  19. veil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. veil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Veil: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. veil: Free Dictionary
  23. veil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. veil: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. veil: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Veil: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. veil: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. veil: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. veil: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. Wedding Paper Divas Glossary (No longer online)
  4. VEIL: Acronym Finder
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. veil: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Veil: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Veil: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  2. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  3. Veil: Fiberglass Glossary

(Note: See veiled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
noun:  (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
noun:  A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
noun:  A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
noun:  (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
noun:  (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
noun:  (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
noun:  (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
noun:  An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
noun:  (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
verb:  (transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
verb:  (transitive) To conceal as with a veil.

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