Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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veil | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fetal membrane | Yes | No | No | No |
veil (noun) | fetal membrane (noun) |
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a garment that covers the head and face | any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus |
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | |
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | |
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms |
veil (verb) | fetal membrane (verb) |
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make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | |
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |