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veil
English
Etymology
From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin v?lum (“sail”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ve?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophones: vale, vail
Noun
veil (plural veils)
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
- (figuratively) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence. p. 4.
- Beckett complains that "in the forest of symbols" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence. p. 4.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (figuratively, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
Derived terms
- dance of the seven veils
- draw a veil over
- take the veil
- veil of tears
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (b?ru)
- ? Korean: ?? (beil)
Translations
Verb
veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)
- (transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- (transitive) To conceal as with a veil.
- The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
Translations
Anagrams
- Levi, Viel, evil, live, vile, vlei
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
veil
- first-person singular present indicative of veilen
- imperative of veilen
Adjective
veil (comparative veiler, superlative veilst)
- venal
Inflection
Anagrams
- viel, vlei
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surround
English
Etymology
From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superund?, from super + und? (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s???a?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
- Hyphenation: sur?round
Verb
surround (third-person singular simple present surrounds, present participle surrounding, simple past and past participle surrounded)
- (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.
- and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.
- (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- the body of that worthy patriarch […] should steal into that country in a clandestine way, and privately enter in at the postern door; rather let it solemnly surround the country
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
Synonyms
- bebay
- beleaguer
- beset
Translations
Noun
surround (plural surrounds)
- (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
- 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:
- He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.
- It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.
- 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:
Derived terms
- surround sound
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