VAIL

(noun, verb)

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There are 17 meanings of the word Vail.

Vail - as a noun

Profit; return; proceeds.

(chiefly in the plural) money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

Submission.

Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.

A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

The calyptra of mosses.

A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

Example: "A nun's veil"

Velum (a circular membrane round the cap of medusa)

A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

Vail - as a verb

To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

(vexillology) (current, operational) to lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

To conceal as with a veil.

Example: "The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but i could hear it clearly."