Mask
[mɑːsk] or [mæsk]
Definition
(noun.) activity that tries to conceal something; 'no mask could conceal his ignorance'; 'they moved in under a mask of friendship'.
(noun.) a covering to disguise or conceal the face.
(noun.) a protective covering worn over the face.
(verb.) put a mask on or cover with a mask; 'Mask the children for Halloween'.
(verb.) shield from light.
(verb.) cover with a sauce; 'mask the meat'.
Editor: Will--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
(n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
(n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
(n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(n.) A screen for a battery.
(n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
(v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
(v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
(v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
(v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
(v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
Editor: Nat
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cover (for the face), veil, visor, cloak, screen, blind, disguise.[2]. Subterfuge, evasion, trick, shift, pretence, pretext, plea.[3]. Masquerade, revel, piece of mummery.
v. a. [1]. Put a mask on.[2]. Disguise, conceal, hide, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, cover.
Inputed by Doris
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hide, screen, blink, cloke, disguise
ANT:Expose, unmask, detect
SYN:Pretext, screen, pretence, ruse, cover, hypocrisy
ANT:Truth, nakedness, detection, exposure, unmasking, verity, openness, candor
Editor: Louise
Definition
v.t. (Scot.) to steep infuse.—v.i. to be infusing.
n. anything disguising or concealing the face: anything that disguises: a pretence: a masquerade: a former kind of dramatic spectacle in which actors personified mythological deities shepherdesses &c.: a representation or impression of a face in any material as in marble plaster &c.: a fox's head.—v.t. to cover the face with a mask: to hide.—v.i. to join in a mask or masquerade: to be disguised in any way: to revel.—n. Mas′caron (archit.) a grotesque face on door-knockers spouts &c.—adj. Masked wearing a mask concealed.—ns. Masked′-ball a ball in which the dancers wear masks; Mask′er one who wears a mask.—Masked battery (see Battery).
Typist: Ruth
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are wearing a mask, denotes temporary trouble, as your conduct towards some dear one will be misinterpreted, and your endeavors to aid that one will be misunderstood, but you will profit by the temporary estrangements. To see others masking, denotes that you will combat falsehood and envy. To see a mask in your dreams, denotes some person will be unfaithful to you, and your affairs will suffer also. For a young woman to dream that she wears a mask, foretells she will endeavor to impose upon some friendly person. If she unmasks, or sees others doing so, she will fail to gain the admiration sought for. She should demean herself modestly after this dream.
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Examples
- The mask now hurried me along so fast, that I arrived at the table panting for breath. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The mask was over her face and she was quiet now. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- One of the doctors put a mask over her face and I looked through the door and saw the bright small amphitheatre of the operating room. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Her face was like a small, fine mask, sinister too, masked with unwilling suffering. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, not I, interrupted the mask. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So far from it, answered the mask, with mysterious earnestness, that, after what has passed, were you to discover me I would blow my brains out. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You were on the moor, you wore a mask, you knocked down one of my men with your own hand--you! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We might put on our masks here, I think. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Very good, do you make the masks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I see even scores of masks. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Two nurses in masks handed things. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- All eyes turned toward the bridal party, and a murmur of amazement went through the throng, for neither bride nor groom removed their masks. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It would be an endless task to hunt down all the masks, the will-o'-the-wisps and the shadows which divert us from our real purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She masked her hatred of her husband under the cloak of a mother's solicitude for her son's future. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr Wegg, in a languid transport, again dropped over on Mr Venus, and again recovering himself, masked his emotions with a sneeze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her face was like a small, fine mask, sinister too, masked with unwilling suffering. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Women were playing; they were masked, some of them; this license was allowed in these wild times of carnival. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I pressed his hand to my heart because being masked, I could not kiss it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I complied with no good grace, and vexed, I supposeby my reluctance, he opened a masked and dangerous battery. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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