vail

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/veɪl/ English

Definitions

Profit; return; proceeds.
(chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

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.

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.

To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
To conceal as with a veil.“The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.”