Mask
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English
Noun
Mask (plural Masks)- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
Verb
Mask (third-person singular simple present Masks, present participle Masking, simple past and past participle Masked)
- (transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- (transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade
- (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
Adjectives for Mask
servile; crescent-like; grisly; laughing; smiling; newest; impenetrable; lifeless; impassive; theatrical; acquired; hideous; wanton; deceitful; well-trained; sun-expelling; dainty; waxen; placid; tragic; changing; child-faced; stately.
Verbs for Mask
adjust—; cloak with—; doff—; emerge from—; fashion—; —beguiles; —blinds; —conceals; —deceives; —deludes; —depicts; — disguises; —eclipses; —lures; —portrays; —veils; don—.
Adverbs for Mask
partially; cunningly; demurely; servilely; impassively; wantonly; deceitfully; daintily; tragically; deceptively;
Thesaurus
aegis, affectation, air, alibi, anaglyph, apology, appearance, apply to, arm guard, aspect, backstop, bal, bal costume, bal masque, ball, barn dance, bas-relief, becloud, befog, belie, blanket, blind, block, blowout, blur, boss, buffer, bulwark, bumper, cameo, cameo glass, camouflage, canopy, cavo-rilievo, cloak, clothe, cloud, coat, cocktail party, coffee klatch, color, coloring, conceal, concealment, contraceptive, cope, copyright, costume party, country dance, cover, cover story, cover up, cover-up, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, crash helmet, curtain, cushion, cut glass, dance, dashboard, defend, device, dinner, dinner party, disguise, dissemble, dissembling, dissimulate, dissimulation, distort, distract attention from, dodger, domino, donation party, drape, drapery, dress up, eclipse, embellish, embossment, embroider, ensconce, enshroud, entertainment, envelop, excuse, facade, face, face mask, fakery, false colors, false face, false front, falsify, fancy-dress ball, feint, fender, festivity, film, finger guard, foot guard, front, fudge, fuse, garble, garden party, gild, gloss, gloss over, glyph, glyptograph, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail, guise, hand guard, handle, handrail, hanging, hard hat, helmet, hen party, hide, high relief, hood, hop, house party, house-raising, housewarming, housing, incognito, insulation, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, interlock, keep under cover, knee guard, knuckle guard, lame excuse, laminated glass, lawn party, lay on, lay over, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, locus standi, low relief, mantle, masked ball, masque, masquerade, masquerade ball, masquerade party, medal, medallion, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, mixer, mudguard, muffle, muffler, mummery, nose guard, obduce, obfuscate, obscure, occult, ostensible motive, overlay, overspread, overstate, pad, padding, pall, palladium, party, patent, pervert, pilot, plaquette, poor excuse, pose, posture, pretense, pretension, pretext, preventive, prom, promenade, prophylactic, protect, protective clothing, protective coloration, protective umbrella, protestation, public motive, put on, put-off, put-on, record hop, refuge, relief, relievo, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, screen, sculptured glass, scum, seat belt, secrete, seeming, semblance, shade, sham, shelter, shield, shin guard, shindig, shindy, show, shower, shroud, simulation, slant, slur over, smoke screen, smoker, spread over, square dance, stag, stag dance, stag party, stalking-horse, strain, stratagem, subterfuge, sun helmet, superimpose, superpose, surprise party, tea dance, the dansant, titivate, trick, trick out, twist, umbrella, understate, varnish, veil, veneer, vestment, visor, vizard, vizard mask, warp, whitewash, window dressing, windscreen, windshield
