Unveil

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unveil \Un*veil"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + veil.]
     To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to
     disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Unveil \Un*veil"\, v. i.
     To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unveil
       v 1: remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in
            public in Islamic societies" [ant: {veil}]
       2: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings
          out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the
          President's illegal dealings" [syn: {uncover}, {bring out},
           {reveal}]
       3: remove the cover from; "unveil a painting"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "unveil":
     bare, betray, break the seal, bring to light, clear, denudate,
     denude, deobstruct, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, display,
     divest, divulge, draw the veil, expose, fleece, free, impart,
     lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open,
     open up, patefy, pluck, raise the curtain, remove, reveal, shear,
     show, show up, strip, strip bare, tell, unblock, uncase, unclench,
     uncloak, unclog, unclothe, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain,
     undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock,
     unmask, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe,
     unshroud, unshut, unstop, unwrap