Definitions for veiling

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veiling veil·ing

Spelling: [vey-ling]

IPA: /ˈveɪ lɪŋ/

Veiling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in veiling (egiilnv).

Definitions for veiling

noun

1. an act of covering with or as if with a veil.
2. a veil.
3. a thin net for veils.
4. a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
5. 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.
6. the life of a nun, especially a cloistered life.
7. something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals:
8. a mask, disguise, or pretense:
9. Botany, Anatomy, Zoology. a velum.
10. 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.
11. Scot. and North England. a caul.

Idioms

1. take the veil, to become a nun.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or conceal with or as with a veil:
2. to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise:

verb (used without object)

1. to don or wear a veil:

Origin of veiling

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at veil, -ing¹

Examples for veiling

veiling our faces, we must take silently the hand of Duty to follow her.

Far from veiling it or apologizing for it, Paul accentuates this offence.

This is an amusing example of a plan for veiling the horrors of myth.

The thunders continued, the smoke drifted heavily, veiling all movements.

"Yes," said he, veiling his great dark eyes with their long lashes.

I had seen the bones of my own hand through the veiling flesh.

All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.

And, veiling the light with his fingers, he entered the gallery.

"I am just wondering whether I have outgrown my nun's veiling," she said simply.

She looked at me, veiling her violet eyes as if to hide her thoughts from us.