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vails

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vails

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, vails is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofvails

1noun
  • Profit; return; proceeds.
  • (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
1noun
  • Submission.
1verb
  • To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
  • To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
  • To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
  • (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
1noun
  • Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
  • A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
  • The calyptra of mosses.
  • A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
  • A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

    Example: "a nun's veil"

  • Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
  • A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
  • An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
1verb
  • To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
  • To conceal as with a veil.

    Example: "The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly."

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