Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To remove a veil or covering from.
- intransitive verb To disclose; reveal.
- intransitive verb To take off one's veil.
- intransitive verb To reveal oneself.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove a veil from; uncover; disclose to view; reveal: as, to
unveil a statue. - To become unveiled; be disclosed to view; remove a veil; reveal one's self.
- Also
unvail .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal.
- intransitive verb To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
remove aveil from; todivest of a veil; touncover ; todisclose to view; toreveal ; as, she unveiled her face.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove the cover from
- verb make visible
- verb remove the veil from
Etymologies
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Examples
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Any new power they unveil is going to remind you of some comic book hero, so they figure why bother?
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Setting off from a Siberian London to balmy Long Beach California has been a process that matched the TED theme of "unveil" - off have come the snowjacket, hat, gloves, long johns
broadstuff 2009
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Great – maybe Obama will travel to Colorado and "unveil" his policy surrounded by Greek columns.
Obama to unveil new Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving, source says 2009
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I especially love the moment when you turn the tin upside down and "unveil" the cake.
Apricot Upside Down Cake Haalo 2009
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While we may accept his argument that visiting the new tunnel would not officially "unveil" it, the claim that he would be visiting the City of David, not Silwan, was a demonstration of the art of denial and deception.
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Do they leap to Aleister Crowley and other magick-oriented authorities to "unveil" the occult meanings?
Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah Part 5: Choosing A Teacher 2009
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Jewish tradition prescribes that you wait several months before holding a ceremony to "unveil" the headstone, which is then placed upon the grave.
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Clinton has been at least third in line after some of the other candidates to 'unveil' her major policy initiatives and even then all she does is bracket someone else's good ideas, put a bow on 'em and call them new.
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Clinton has been at least third in line after some of the other candidates to 'unveil' her major policy initiatives and even then all she does is bracket someone else's good ideas, put a bow on 'em and call them new.
Video: Edwards Stops Short Of Unequivocal Committment To Backing Dem Nominee 2009
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First, on jobs, he's going to kind of unveil his Jobs First program which he says touts new jobs.
bilby commented on the word unveil
Shoot, WeirdNet has Fridayitis too.
July 18, 2008