1.a garment that covers the head and face
2.the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
3.a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
1.to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil;
women in Afghanistan veil their faces
2.make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;
a hidden message