1. Le hijab (arabe : ??????, hij?b), voile ou foulard islamique, désigne un vêtement féminin porté par des femmes musulmanes et qui couvre leur tête en laissant le visage apparent.
2. Le hidjab, ou hijab /?id??'ab/ (arabe : ??????, hidjâb /???d??'a?b/ ou /?e??æ?b/ [d]), voile ou foulard islamique, désigne un vêtement féminin porté par des femmes musulmanes et qui couvre leur tête en laissant le visage apparent.
3. [noun] Something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.
4. [noun] A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
5. [noun] The calyptra of mosses.
6. [noun] A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
7. [noun] A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over a baby's head); a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
8. [noun] (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
9. [noun] (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
10. [verb] To don, or garb with, a veil.
11. [verb] To conceal as with a veil.
12. [noun] A garment that covers the head and face.
13. [noun] A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms.
14. [noun] The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).
15. [noun] A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl.
16. [verb] To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; 'women in Afghanistan veil their faces'.
17. [verb] Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; 'a hidden message'; 'a veiled threat'.
