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ALL meanings of veiled

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  • adjective veiled disguised, concealed 1
  • adjective veiled having a veil: a veiled hat. 1
  • adjective veiled covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil: a veiled woman. 1
  • adjective veiled not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure: a veiled threat. 1
  • adjective veiled lacking clarity or distinctness: veiled sounds; a veiled image. 1
  • noun veiled a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance. 1
  • noun veiled a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun. 1
  • noun veiled the life of a nun, especially a cloistered life. 1
  • noun veiled something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals: a veil of smoke; the veil of death. 1
  • noun veiled a mask, disguise, or pretense: to find fault under a veil of humor. 1
  • noun veiled Botany, Anatomy, Zoology. a velum. 1
  • noun veiled Mycology. a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base. 1
  • noun veiled Scot. and North England. a caul. 1
  • verb with object veiled to cover or conceal with or as with a veil: She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline. 1
  • verb with object veiled to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise: to veil one's intentions. 1
  • verb without object veiled to don or wear a veil: In certain Islamic countries women must veil. 1
  • idioms veiled take the veil, to become a nun. 1
  • adjective veiled A veiled comment is expressed in a disguised form rather than directly and openly. 0
  • adjective veiled A woman or girl who is veiled is wearing a veil. 0
  • adjective veiled disguised 0
  • adjective veiled (of sound, tone, the voice, etc) not distinct; muffled 0
  • adjective veiled wearing a veil 0
  • adjective veiled covered with or as with a veil 0
  • adjective veiled concealed, hidden, disguised, obscured, etc. 0
  • adjective veiled not openly expressed 0
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