DRAW A VEIL OVER

Meaning of DRAW A VEIL OVER in English

avoid discussing or calling attention to (something embarrassing or unpleasant).

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DRAW A VEIL OVER — conceal, cover, hide; obscure
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DRAW A VEIL OVER — опустить завесу над (чем-л.); обойти молчанием (что-л.) обходить молчанием
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRAW A VEIL OVER — опустить завесу над (чем-л.); обойти молчанием (что-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DRAW A VEIL OVER — опустить завесу над ( чем-л. ) ; обойти молчанием ( что-л. )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DRAW A VEIL OVER — опустить завесу над (чем-л.); обойти молчанием (что-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DRAW A VEIL OVER — опустить завесу над (чем-л.); обойти молчанием (что-л.) обходить молчанием
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VEIL — I. ˈvāl, chiefly before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English veile, from Old North French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAW — I. ˈdrȯ verb ( drew ˈdrü ; also archaic or nonstandard drawed ˈdrȯd ; drawn ˈdrȯn ; drawing ˈdrȯiŋ ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VEIL — (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Английский словарь Webster
VEIL — (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
Английский словарь Webster
VEIL — ( n. ) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VEIL — ( n. ) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VEIL — — veilless , adj. — veillike , adj. /vayl/ , n. 1. a piece of opaque or transparent material worn …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAW — — drawable , adj. /draw/ , v. , drew, drawn, drawing , n. v.t. 1. to cause to move in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VEIL — I. ˈvāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French veil, veille, from Latin vela, plural of velum sail, awning, curtain Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRAW — I. ˈdrȯ verb ( drew ˈdrü ; drawn ˈdrȯn, ˈdrän ; draw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English drawen, dragen, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VEIL — noun the calyptra of mosses. 2. veil ·noun ·same·as velum, 3. 3. veil ·noun a cover; disguise; a mask; a …
Webster English vocab
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
VEIL — [veil] n [ME veile, fr. ONF, fr. L vela, pl. of velum sail, awning, curtain] (13c) 1 a: a length …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRAW — [draw] vb drew ; drawn ; draw.ing [ME drawen, dragen, fr. OE dragan; akin to ON draga to draw, drag] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VEIL — / veɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a covering of very thin transparent material worn, especially by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAW — / drɔː; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( drew / druː; NAmE / drawn / drɔːn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VEIL — I. veil 1 /veɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: veile , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRAW — I. draw 1 S1 W1 /drɔː $ drɒː/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense drew /druː/, past participle drawn /drɔːn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VEIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of usu. more or less transparent fabric attached to a woman's hat etc., …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DRAW — v. & n. --v. (past drew; past part. drawn) 1 tr. pull or cause to move towards or after one. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VEIL — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of usu. more or less transparent fabric attached to a woman's hat etc., …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DRAW — v. & n. v. (past drew; past part. drawn) 1 tr. pull or cause to move towards or after one. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VEIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a piece of usu. more or less transparent fabric attached to a woman's hat etc., …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
DRAW — v. & n. --v. (past drew; past part. drawn) 1. tr. pull or cause to move towards or after one. …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VEIL — ( veils) 1. A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAW — ( draws, drawing, drew, drawn) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
VEIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a veil of cloud (= a thin layer ) ▪ A thin veil of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRAW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a (big) box office draw (= a successful actor who many people will pay …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
VEIL — noun 1 piece of material for covering a woman's head ADJECTIVE ▪ thin ▪ black , white ▪ bridal , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRAW — INDEX: 1. to draw a picture, pattern, line etc 2. something that you draw RELATED WORDS see also ↑ PAINT …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRAW — n. 25B6; verb he drew the house : SKETCH, make a drawing (of), delineate, outline, draft, rough out, illustrate, render, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
VEIL — n. 1 covering, cover, screen, camouflage, cloak, curtain, mask, shroud A veil of silence has been drawn over the meetings …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DRAW — v. 1 pull, tug, tow, drag, haul, lug The gypsy caravan was drawn by two horses 2 pull or take …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VEIL — With regard to the use of the veil, it is important to observe that it was by no means so …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
VEIL — 1. сущ. 1) покрывало; вуаль; чадра, паранджа bridal veil ≈ свадебная вуаль Syn : yashmak 2) а) покров, завеса; пелена …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на движение или нахождение над каким-л. предметом над, выше a flight over the sea ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRAW — 1. сущ. 1) тяга, волочение; вытягивание (по значению глагола draw) 2) а) жеребьевка; лотерея to hold a draw ≈ проводить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VEIL — veil.ogg 1. veıl n 1. 1> вуаль eye veil - вуалетка bridal veil - фата 2> покрывало, чадра, паранджа the …
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