veil
verb/veɪl/
/veɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they veil | /veɪl/ /veɪl/ |
| he / she / it veils | /veɪlz/ /veɪlz/ |
| past simple veiled | /veɪld/ /veɪld/ |
| past participle veiled | /veɪld/ /veɪld/ |
| -ing form veiling | /ˈveɪlɪŋ/ /ˈveɪlɪŋ/ |
- veil something/yourself to cover your face with a veil
- veil something (literary) to cover something with something that hides it partly or completely synonym shroud
- A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French veil(e), from Latin vela, plural of velum ‘sail, curtain, covering, veil’.
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