'Mask' definitions:
Definition of 'mask'
(from WordNet)
noun
A covering to disguise or conceal the face
noun
Activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"
noun
noun
A protective covering worn over the face
verb
verb
Put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween" [ant: unmask]
verb
Make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn: disguise, mask]
verb
Cover with a sauce; "mask the meat"
verb
Shield from light [syn: mask, block out]
Definition of 'Mask'
From: GCIDE
- Mask \Mask\ (m[.a]sk), n. [F. masque, LL. masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg. m['a]scara, It. maschera; all fr. Ar. maskharat buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, fr. sakhira to ridicule, to laugh at. Cf. Masque, Masquerade.]
- 1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Arch.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Fort.) (a) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. (b) A screen for a battery. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Zool.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A person wearing a mask; a masker.
- The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen. --G. W. Cable. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 9. (Sporting) The head or face of a fox.
- Mask house, a house for masquerades. [Obs.]
- Death mask, a cast of the face of a dead person. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mask'
From: GCIDE
- Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked; p. pr. & vb. n. Masking.]
- 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. [1913 Webster]
- They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To disguise; to cover; to hide. [1913 Webster]
- Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mask'
From: GCIDE
- Mask \Mask\, v. i.
- 1. To take part as a masker in a masquerade. --Cavendish. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mask'
From: Moby 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,
- Kaffeeklatsch,
- 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
Words containing 'Mask'
- Masked,
- Masking,
- Death mask,
- Mask house,
- Mask shell,
- Masked ball,
- Masked battery,
- Masked crab,
- Masked pig,
- Masked pupa,
- bar mask,
- birdcage mask,
- catcher's mask,
- eye mask,
- face mask,
- fencer's mask,
- fencing mask,
- half mask,
- life mask,
- mask of pregnancy,
- masked shrew,
- masking paper,
- masking piece,
- masking tape,
- oxygen mask,
- ski mask,
- welder's mask