veiling
noun
[ ˈveɪlɪŋ ]
• a light gauzy fabric used for veils.
• "the veiling that trimmed her hat"
veil
verb
• cover with a veil.
• "she veiled her face"
Similar:
envelop,
surround,
swathe,
enfold,
cover,
cover up,
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
camouflage,
disguise,
mask,
screen,
shield,
cloak,
blanket,
shroud,
enwrap,
canopy,
overlay,
obscure,
shade,
shadow,
eclipse,
cloud,
blot out,
block out,
blank out,
obliterate,
overshadow,
enshroud,
mantle,
bedim,
benight,
becloud,
befog,
obnubilate,
• cover, conceal, or disguise.
• "cold mists veiled the mountain peaks"
Similar:
covert,
surreptitious,
hidden,
concealed,
disguised,
camouflaged,
masked,
suppressed,
underlying,
unrevealed,
implied,
indirect,
hinted at,
ill-defined,
indistinct,
vague,
obscure,
unclear,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French veil(e ), from Latin vela, plural of velum (see velum).
