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Definition of veil : 1. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
2. A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
3. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; - called also velum.
4. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
5. Same as Velum, 3.
6. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
7. The calyptra of mosses.
8. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

Synonyms:

overcloud, dimness, tissue, suppress, velum, caul, coloring, gauze, fog, face, clothe, scarf, kerchief, disguise, kill, humeral veil, blur, obnubilate, bury, soft palate, web, darkness, gloss, semblance, entomb, masquerade, secrete, head covering, inter, befog, infold, show, invest, rain, hide out, front, gastrocolic omentum, disguisement, enwrap, color, haze, hush, bedim, guise, put-on, obliterate, mantilla, window-dressing, overwhelm, twilight, film, conceal, false colors, pretext, obscurity, efface, becloud, confuse, wipe out, enfold, cloud, embryonic membrane, dissemble, haze over, greater omentum, blot out, pretense, mist

encase, mask, blanket, wrap, envelop, coat, cloak, sheath, enshroud, overlay

parasol, obscure, shutter, shade, Venetian blind, cover, awning, shadow, curtain, barrier, shield, blinders, lamp shade, blind, umbrella, visor, hide, canopy, sunshade, screen, panoply

dermis, coating, veneer, patina, skin, screening, covering, shroud, envelope, casing, wrapping

Usage examples:

• The evil days are coming, I suppose, but just now nothing matters at all, save that you are you, and I am I." She dropped her veil quickly, and we went back to the car. - "The Window at the White Cat", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
• Also he said, " Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee and hold it." - "Famous Stories Every Child Should Know", Various.
• A footman stood by the carriage door, and I was glad I had thought to put the veil on before leaving the house. - "By Wit of Woman", Arthur W. Marchmont.