Noun

• S: (n) head covering (head_covering%1:06:00::), veil (veil%1:06:00::) (a garment that covers the head and face)
• S: (n) veil (veil%1:20:00::), velum (velum%1:20:00::) (a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms)
• S: (n) caul (caul%1:08:00::), veil (veil%1:08:00::), embryonic membrane (embryonic_membrane%1:08:00::) (the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth))
• S: (n) humeral veil (humeral_veil%1:06:00::), veil (veil%1:06:01::) (a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl)

Verb

• S: (v) veil (veil%2:35:00::) (to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil) "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
• S: (v) obscure (obscure%2:30:02::), blot out (blot_out%2:30:00::), obliterate (obliterate%2:30:01::), veil (veil%2:30:00::), hide (hide%2:30:00::) (make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing) "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"