'Masked' definitions:
Definition of 'Masked'
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 'Masked'
From: GCIDE
- Masked \Masked\, a.
- 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Same as Personate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. [1913 Webster]
- Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
- Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
- Masked crab (Zool.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face.
- Masked pig (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'masked'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armored,
- camouflaged,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- cloaked,
- clouded,
- coated,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- cowled,
- curtained,
- disguised,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- filmed,
- floored,
- hooded,
- housed,
- in disguise,
- incog,
- incognito,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- mantled,
- masquerading,
- muffled,
- obscured,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- paved,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shrouded,
- swathed,
- tented,
- under cover,
- veiled,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped
Words containing 'Masked'
- Mask,
- 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