"unveil" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈveɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unveil.wav Forms: unveils [present, singular, third-person], unveiling [participle, present], unveiled [participle, past], unveiled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English *unveilen (suggested by past participle unveiled, vnueylyd (“unveiled”)). Equivalent to un- + veil. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*unveilen}} Middle English *unveilen, {{af|en|un-|veil}} un- + veil Head templates: {{en-verb}} unveil (third-person singular simple present unveils, present participle unveiling, simple past and past participle unveiled)
  1. (transitive) To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden. Tags: transitive Synonyms: expose, uncloak, reveal Translations (to uncover): разбулвам (razbulvam) (Bulgarian), разкривам (razkrivam) (Bulgarian), desvelar (Catalan), 除去面紗 (Chinese Mandarin), 除去面纱 (chúqù miànshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 顯露 (Chinese Mandarin), 显露 (xiǎnlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 透露 (tòulù) (Chinese Mandarin), 公布 (gōngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 發布 (Chinese Mandarin), 发布 (fābù) (Chinese Mandarin), 揭幕 (jiēmù) (Chinese Mandarin), afdække (Danish), onthullen (Dutch), senvualigi (Esperanto), paljastaa (Finnish), dévoiler (French), lever le voile (French), enthüllen (German), חשף (khasáf) [masculine] (Hebrew), desvelizar (Ido), svelare (Italian), dēvēlō (Latin), aperiō (Latin), rooisht (Manx), avdekke (Norwegian), avduke (Norwegian Bokmål), revelar (Portuguese), divulgar (Portuguese), раскрыва́ть (raskryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), раскры́ть (raskrýtʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разоблача́ть (razoblačátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разоблачи́ть (razoblačítʹ) [perfective] [secret, information] (Russian), develar (Spanish), avtäcka (Swedish), avslöja (Swedish), dadorchuddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-unveil-en-verb-dqaFUziV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of 'to uncover': 80 6 13
  2. (transitive) to show, especially for the first time Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unveil-en-verb-lkBrRG2b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 23 55 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 28 46 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 55 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 50 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 50 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 53 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 23 52 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 23 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 46 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 51 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 46 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 22 54 24 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 29 52 20
  3. (intransitive) To remove a veil; to reveal oneself. Tags: intransitive Translations (to reveal oneself): разкривам се (razkrivam se) (Bulgarian), desvelar (Catalan), 除去面紗 (Chinese Mandarin), 除去面纱 (chúqù miànshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 顯露 (Chinese Mandarin), 显露 (xiǎnlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 透露 (tòulù) (Chinese Mandarin), afsløre (Danish), blootstellen (Dutch), paljastaa (Finnish), se dévoiler (French), svelarsi (Italian), aperiō (Latin), blottstille (Norwegian), раскрыва́ться (raskryvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), раскры́ться (raskrýtʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), avslöja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unveil-en-verb-va8zjQs~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of 'to reveal oneself': 30 6 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unvail [obsolete]

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          "sense": "to reveal oneself",
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          "sense": "to reveal oneself",
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    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
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    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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          "ref": "1996, Status of women in Islam, Status of women in Islam, page 91",
          "text": "The Schools of Jurisprudence of Abu Hanifa, Al-Shafaii and Malik agree that the woman is permitted to unveil her face and hands in the streets in front of the strangers. However, if this display of the face does rouse temptation and charm, the woman has to veil her face as she does the rest of her body.",
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          "ref": "1836, James Cook, The Three voyages of Captain Cook round the world, page 356",
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          "ref": "1831, Thomas Dick, The works of Thomas Dick, page 102",
          "text": "Since, therefore, the science of natural philosophy is conversant about the works of the Almighty, and its investigations have a direct tendency to illustrate the perfections of his nature, to unveil the plan of his operations, to unfold the laws by which he governs the kingdom of universal nature, and to display the order, symmetry, and proportion, which reign throughout the whole.",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, “Network News: Wait goes on for South Western Railway Arterios to start work”, in RAIL, number 948, page 9",
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      "roman": "razbulvam",
      "sense": "to uncover",
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      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "除去面紗"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "chúqù miànshā",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "除去面纱"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "顯露"
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      "roman": "xiǎnlù",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "显露"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tòulù",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "透露"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngbù",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "公布"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "發布"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fābù",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "发布"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiēmù",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "揭幕"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "afdække"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "onthullen"
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      "sense": "to uncover",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "dévoiler"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "lever le voile"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "enthüllen"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khasáf",
      "sense": "to uncover",
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      "word": "חשף"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "desvelizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "svelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "dēvēlō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "aperiō"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "rooisht"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "avdekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "avduke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "revelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "divulgar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "раскрыва́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskrýtʹ",
      "sense": "to uncover",
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      "word": "раскры́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razoblačátʹ",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разоблача́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razoblačítʹ",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
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        "information"
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      "word": "разоблачи́ть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "develar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "avtäcka"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "avslöja"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to uncover",
      "word": "dadorchuddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkrivam se",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "разкривам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "desvelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "除去面紗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúqù miànshā",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "除去面纱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "顯露"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎnlù",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "显露"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tòulù",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "透露"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "afsløre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "blootstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "se dévoiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "svelarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "aperiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "blottstille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskryvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "раскрыва́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskrýtʹsja",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "раскры́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reveal oneself",
      "word": "avslöja"
    }
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  "word": "unveil"
}

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