veil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a garment that covers the head and face
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- veil derivation
Sense 2 verb
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
women in Afghanistan veil their faces
Types & categories
- hide hypernym
Related & opposite
- unveil antonym
- head covering derivation
- humeral veil derivation
- cover entails
Sense 3 noun
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Types & categories
- plant part hypernym
- universal veil hyponym
- partial veil hyponym
Sense 4 verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
a hidden message
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- concealing derivation
- obliterable derivation
- efface verb group
Sense 5 noun
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Types & categories
- fetal membrane hypernym
Parts & wholes
- placenta part holonym
Sense 6 noun
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
Types & categories
- vestment hypernym
Related & opposite
- veil derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | veil |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | garment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chador |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | face veil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yashmak |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unveil |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | head covering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | humeral veil |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | cover |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hide |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant part |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | universal veil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | partial veil |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | concealing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | obliterable |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | efface |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mystify |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | placenta |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fetal membrane |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | veil |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | vestment |