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mask
[ mask, mahsk ]
noun
- a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- a grotesque or humorous false face worn at a carnival, masquerade, etc.:
Halloween masks.
- Also called swim mask. a device consisting typically of a transparent glass or plastic panel fitted into a flexible rubber gasket that fits snugly around the eyes, over the cheeks, and usually over the nose: used by skin divers.
- anything that disguises or conceals; disguise; pretense:
His politeness is a mask for his fundamentally malicious personality.
- a likeness of a face, as one molded on the face in plaster. Compare death mask, life mask.
- a covering of wire, gauze, etc., to protect the face, as from splinters, dust, or a pitched ball.
- any protective covering for the face or head.
- any protective covering, as paper, cardboard, plastic, or the like, used for masking an area of something, as of a photograph or window.
- the dark shading on the muzzle of certain dogs.
- a representation of a face or head, generally grotesque, used as an architectural ornament or as a decorative device in weaponry, furniture, etc.
- a person wearing a mask; masker.
- a piece of cloth, silk, or plastic material covering the face of an actor to symbolize the character being represented: used in Greek and Roman drama and in some modern plays.
- the face or head, as of a fox.
- Electronics. a type of stencil applied to the surface of a semiconductor to permit selective etching or deposition: used in the manufacture of integrated circuits by photolithography.
- Fortification. a screen, as of earth or brush, for concealing or protecting a battery or any military operation.
- Also called braker. Shipbuilding. a sliding timber construction braced against the stern of a hull being launched to keep it from entering the water too rapidly.
verb (used with object)
- to disguise or conceal; hide; dissemble:
to mask one's intentions.
- to cover or conceal with a mask.
- to cover or shield a part of (a design, picture, etc.) in order to prevent reproduction or to protect the surface from the colors used, as in working with an air brush or in painting.
- Fortification. to conceal (a battery or any military operation) from the enemy.
- to hinder, as an army, from conducting an operation.
verb (used without object)
- to put on a mask; disguise oneself.
mask
/ mɑːsk /
noun
- any covering for the whole or a part of the face worn for amusement, protection, disguise, etc
- a fact, action, etc, that conceals something
his talk was a mask for his ignorance
- another name for masquerade
- a likeness of a face or head, either sculpted or moulded, such as a death mask
- an image of a face worn by an actor, esp in ancient Greek and Roman drama, in order to symbolize the character being portrayed
- a variant spelling of masque
- surgery a sterile gauze covering for the nose and mouth worn esp during operations to minimize the spread of germs
- sport a protective covering for the face worn for fencing, ice hockey, etc
- a carving in the form of a face or head, used as an ornament
- a natural land feature or artificial object which conceals troops, etc, from view
- a device placed over the nose and mouth to facilitate or prevent inhalation of a gas
- photog a shield of paper, paint, etc, placed over an area of unexposed photographic surface to stop light falling on it
- electronics a thin sheet of material from which a pattern has been cut, placed over a semiconductor chip so that an integrated circuit can be formed on the exposed areas
- computing a bit pattern which, by convolution with a second pattern in a logical operation, can be used to isolate a specific subset of the second pattern for examination
- entomol a large prehensile mouthpart (labium) of the dragonfly larva
- the face or head of an animal, such as a fox, or the dark coloration of the face of some animals, such as Siamese cats and certain dogs
- another word for face pack
- rare.a person wearing a mask
verb
- to cover with or put on a mask
- tr to conceal; disguise
to mask an odour
- tr photog to shield a particular area of (an unexposed photographic surface) in order to prevent or reduce the action of light there
- tr to shield a particular area of (a surface to be painted) with masking tape
- tr to cover (cooked food, esp meat) with a savoury sauce or glaze
- a Scottish variant of mash
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Derived Forms
- ˈmaskˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- masklike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mask1
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Example Sentences
A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.
Onion routers refers to the TOR network, a system that allows users to mask their location and communicate anonymously online.
One gets the sense that they are wearing a mask to confuse their readers, and even to evade them.
For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
He laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.
Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.
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