[{"word":"vailed","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To conceal as with a veil.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vail","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vailed","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/veil"]}]