veiling

verb

Definition of veilingnext
present participle of veil
1
as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road

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2
as in shrouding
to surround or cover closely morning fog veiled the fields

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Recent Examples of veiling And one of the things that affected was the veiling issue, the dress code. — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 Iranian authorities continue to enforce compulsory-veiling rules, including through prosecutions, business closures, vehicle impoundments and surveillance. — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 Maddie attempts to maintain a good-girl façade veiling dangerous inner turmoil, while picture-perfect recipe videos mask an unsettling desperation for fame. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026 Like the Jim Crow combination cars, these curtains kept the dining car segregated, while also thinly veiling America’s commitment to separate and unequal. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 As Austin Reaves slipped his white headband over his forehead, veiling his bushy brown hair on Friday night at Toyota Center in Houston, the Lakers guard was a step closer to a return that was nearly a month in the making. — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026 Dusting windshields, coating sidewalks and veiling Atlanta’s spring sunshine in a golden haze. — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026 Notes like vanilla, coffee, chocolate, and peppermint keep luring me in, veiling me in a cake-like cloud that brightens my mood on even the gloomiest 20-degree days. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veiling
  1. concealing
  2. shrouding
  3. obscuring
  4. wrapping
  5. hiding
  6. enveloping
  7. covering
  8. enclosing
Verb
  • Teriyaki became ubiquitous, the Japanese name concealing its hometown heritage.
    — Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For even, pore-concealing results, blend the formula out from the center of your face.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of concealing
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  • Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrouding
Verb
  • Other finalists include photos of mist rolling over hills in Vietnam, a massive chunk of ice calving from a glacier in Argentina and smoke from wildfires obscuring the New York City skyline.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Spectral Lilac Lilac nods to early morning mist floating over an eerily still lake, or obscuring your path through a twisting forest.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscuring
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  • Orley comes to You’ve Got Mail after wrapping post on his third feature, an Amazon comedy titled Close Personal Friends that stars Brie Larson, Jack Quaid, Lilly Collins and Henry Golding.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Over 10 years and eight films, Radcliffe memorably brought the character to life on the big screen, before wrapping the franchise in 2011.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of wrapping
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  • President Barack Obama had gathered his advisors to assess intelligence that indicated Osama Bin Laden was hiding in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
    — Keren Yarhi-Milo, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
  • San Diego professes pride in high graduation rates, but this is a chimera hiding the sad truth of how far our educational leaders will go to look good.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of hiding
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  • Silvestrov’s melancholic strings soared around him, enveloping the duo in their sense of pining.
    — Lucy Gellman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • There was, instead, a stillness so enveloping that John Carpenter could have shot a lifetime of movies there.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of enveloping
Verb
  • For additional protection, consider applying beneficial nematodes to the soil as a biological control and then covering the area with a fresh layer of worm castings.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • If removing the annuals leaves bare soil, Gifford recommends covering it with shredded leaves rather than exposing it to winter weather.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of covering
Verb
  • The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.
    — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of enclosing

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