Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with a veil.
- adjective Concealed or disguised as if with a veil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Hidden , such as by aveil . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
veil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective muted or unclear
- adjective having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
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Examples
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Mr Dalmau said the government should abandon the project, which he described as a veiled attempt at water privatisation, in favour of more sustainable alternatives.
unknown title 2009
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Washington's letters to Le Mayeur were written in veiled language, never directly mentioning dental work or dentures, probably because of his embarrassment over the previously intercepted letter.
Kate Kelly: A President in Pain Kate Kelly 2010
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(Not just in veiled terms, either -- with a Japanese and an American war vet thrown into one of his twilit scenarios.)
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Gray also managed to work in veiled swipes at Jason Chaffetz and Ron Moten.
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 6, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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One part of Chinese culture seldom discussed, even closely veiled is its sexual customs.
Shanghai Museum of Ancient Chinese Sex Culture « Skid Roche 2008
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Implying terrorist ties to Obama, albeit very veiled, is still a bit of a smear tactic.
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His ten lane Highway running from Canada to Mexico, his plan to combine Mexico and Canada with the United States was all done in the shadows veiled from the American public and the Honest Lawmakers, he managed to commit treason by giving our Nuclear technology to India.
Think Progress » Paper Retracts Report that Murtha Called U.S. the Greatest Threat to World Peace 2006
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A train is passing on a viaduct; a man carrying a large packagewith an expression of veiled menaceseems to be approaching the photographer.
The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006
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A train is passing on a viaduct; a man carrying a large packagewith an expression of veiled menaceseems to be approaching the photographer.
The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006
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“If I understand correctly, you are making what is known as a veiled reference in a sexual context.”
BLAZE OF GLORY SIMON HAWKE 1995
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