unveil
/ʌnˈveɪl/
unveil verb: to remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
Verb
unveil (third-person singular simple present unveils, present participle unveiling, simple past and past participle unveiled)
- To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
- 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...1996, Status of women in Islam, Status of women in Islam, page 91
- A sort of curtain, made of- mat, usually hung before them, which the natives were sometimes unwilling to remove ; and when they did consent to unveil them, they seemed to express themselves in a very mysterious manner.1836, James Cook, The Three voyages of Captain Cook round the world, page 356
- To show, especially for the first time.
- The car company are going to unveil the new sports car model next month.
- Mr. K. W. C. Grand, Member of the B.T.C., and formerly General Manager of the Western Region, then unveiled one of the nameplates of No. 92220, to the applause of the large number of railwaymen and guests present.1960 May, “Evening Star”, in Railway Magazine, pages 307-308
- To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.
unveil meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
unveil in Urdu
- پردہ اٹھانا
unveil in Malayalam
- disclose, reveal, present
- അനാച്ഛാദനംചെയ്ക, അനാവരണം ചെയ്യുക, മറ മാറ്റുക, മറനീക്കുക, മറയെടുക്കുക, മൂടിമാറ്റുക
unveil in Kannada
- ಹೊದಿಕೆ ತೆಗೆ, ತೆರೆ, ಹೊರಪಡಿಸು, ಗುಟ್ಟಳಿ, ಅನಾವರಣ ಮಾಡು, ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸು
Examples of unveil in a sentence
- 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.1996, Status of women in Islam, Status of women in Islam, page 91:
- The state of Colorado today unveiled its final plan to guide management of 4.2 million acres of roadless lands within the state's 11 national forests and submitted it for federal approval.2010 April 6, Noelle Straub, “Colo. Submits Final Plan for 4.2M Acres of Roadless Lands”, in The New York Times, archived from the original...
- In summer 2020, the trains were unveiled at Wimbledon depot, and given the name Arterio.2022 January 12, “Network News: Wait goes on for South Western Railway Arterios to start work”, in RAIL, number 948, page 9:
Synonyms of unveil
Forms of unveil
| third-person singular present | unveils |
|---|---|
| present participle | unveiling |
| past participle | unveiled |
| past | unveiled |
| alternative form (obsolete) | unvail |
Origin of unveil
From Middle English *unveilen (suggested by past participle unveiled, vnueylyd (“unveiled”)). Equivalent to un- + veil. Ultimately from Latin velum (whence also English voile, English reveal, Russian вуа́ль (vuálʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ) (compare typologically)). Also compare typologically uncloak, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije)).
Words formed from unveil
Words that rhyme with unveil
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
- camail
Questions about unveil
- What does unveil mean?
- Unveil means to remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
- What is unveil in Urdu?
- Unveil in Urdu is پردہ اٹھانا. See Unveil meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use unveil in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is unveil?
- Unveil is a verb.
- How do you pronounce unveil?
- Unveil is pronounced /ʌnˈveɪl/.
- What is the past tense of unveil?
- The past tense of unveil is unveiled.
Words near unveil in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unveil (page history and authors); unveil (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unveil (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unveil (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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