mask

Meanings

Plural: masks

Noun

• a covering to disguise or conceal the face
• activity that tries to conceal something
  • "no mask could conceal his ignorance"
  • "they moved in under a mask of friendship"
• a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
• a protective covering worn over the face
• A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
• That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
• Appearance, likeness.
• A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
• A person wearing a mask.
• A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
• A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
• In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
• A screen for a battery.
• The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
• A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
• A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
• A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
• The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
• mesh
• The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
• Mash.

Verb

• hide under a false appearance
  • "He masked his disappointment"
• put a mask on or cover with a mask
  • "Mask the children for Halloween"
• make unrecognizable
  • "The herb masks the garlic taste"
• cover with a sauce
  • "mask the meat"
• shield from light
• To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
• To disguise as something else.
• To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
• To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
• To cover or keep in check.
• To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
• To wear a mask.
• To disguise oneself, to be disguised in any way.
• To conceal or disguise one's autism.
• to cover or shield a part of a design or picture in order to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting
• To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
• To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
• To learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
• To mash.
• (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
• To be infused or steeped.
• To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
• To bewilder; confuse.

Synonyms

block out, cloak, disguise, dissemble, mascaron, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, vizard

Antonyms

unmask

Related Words

mascara