<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.</li><li>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.</li><li>The life of a nun, especially a cloistered life.</li><li>Something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals: a veil of smoke; the veil of death.</li><li>A mask, disguise, or pretense: to find fault under a veil of humor.</li><li>Botany, Anatomy, Zoology: a velum.</li><li>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.</li><li>Scot. and North England: a caul.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To cover or conceal with or as with a veil: She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline.</li><li>To hide the real nature of; mask; disguise: to veil one's intentions.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To don or wear a veil: In certain Islamic countries, women must veil.</li></ul>