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• past tense form of mask.
• past participle of mask.

masked

American  

[maskt, mahskt] / mæskt, mɑskt /

adjective

1. using or wearing a mask or masks.

   a masked burglar; masked actors.

2. disguised; concealed; hidden.

   masked treachery; masked forces.

3. Botany. personate.

4. Zoology. having markings that resemble a mask.

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masked British  

/ mɑːskt /

adjective

1. disguised or covered by or as if by a mask

2. botany another word for personate 2

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Other Word Forms

• unmasked
  adjective
• well-masked
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of masked

First recorded in 1575–85; mask + -ed ³

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

masked

Video footage from the scene showed masked settlers confronting the convoy.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Times’ Mikael Wood and Rebecca Castillo talk with the masked country singer before his show at the hillside amphitheater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Even after the arrest of five masked men next to the base, plus a British-Iranian picked up later, the threat persisted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A local resident who rang the police said she saw a group of masked men near the vans, which were blocking a road in a village next to the military base.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The masked man pulled the hose over to the center rat hole and pressed the plunger over it, covering it completely.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

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