Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Ääntäminen
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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- Something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- The calyptra of mosses.
- A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.
- (zoology) velum
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
Verbit
- To don, or garb with, a veil.
- To conceal as with a veil.
Esimerkit
- The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
- She, as a veil down to the slender waist, / Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
- [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.
- Beckett complains that "in the forest of symbols" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.
- The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | veiled | Imperfekti | veiled |
| Partisiipin preesens | veiling | Monikko | veils |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | veils | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | veileth (vanhahtava) |