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Mask

/mæsk/

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

📖 Definitions of "Mask"

noun
  1. 1

    A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

    "a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask"

  2. 2

    That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

  3. 3

    A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade

  4. 4

    A person wearing a mask.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.

  2. 2

    To disguise; to cover; to hide.

  3. 3

    To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

  4. 4

    To cover or keep in check.

    "to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out"

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