veils

v. cover; hide

n. length of cloth worn by women as a face covering; netting attached to a woman's hat; something which hides or conceals (such as a curtain); nun's headdress; vow's of a nun; membrane which covers an immature mushroom

Noun
1. a garment that covers the head and face
(synonym) head covering
(hypernym) garment
(hyponym) chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar
2. the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
(synonym) caul, embryonic membrane
(hypernym) fetal membrane
(part-holonym) placenta
3. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
(synonym) humeral veil
(hypernym) vestment
Verb
1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
(antonym) unveil
(hypernym) hide, conceal
(entail) cover
(derivation) humeral veil
2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
(synonym) obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide
(hypernym) change, alter, modify

levis

VELI. VELETTE. APPARENZE. PRETESTI. VELA. COPRE. NASCONDE