veil

1. 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.

   Vorhang

   покрыва́лоpokryválo, заве́саzavésa

   покрива́лоpokryválo, покри́вкаpokrývka, заві́саzavísa

2. (figuratively)Anything that partially obscures a clear view.

3. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

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

   a nun's veil

   a paten veil

   Schleier

   вуа́льvuálʹ, фата́fatá

   вуа́льvuálʹ, ве́льонvélʹon, серпанокserpanok

   the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

5. The calyptra of mosses.

6. Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).

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

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

9. An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

10. (figuratively)That which separates the living and the spirit world.

1. Is that a veiled threat?

   Це прихована загроза? — deniko

   ruЭто скрытая угроза? — begll

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2. Donald covered himself with a veil.

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3. Was that a thinly-veiled threat?

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4. Tom made a thinly-veiled threat.

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5. It was a thinly-veiled threat.

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