Meaning of mask | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Mesh.
2. Mash.
   UK, dialectal
3. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection
4. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
5. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
6. The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
   Scotland, UK, dialectal
7. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge
8. A deceptive outward appearance:cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing.
9. Appearance, likeness.
   poetic
10. Appearance, likeness
11. something, eg a covering resembling a face, used for hiding or protecting the whole or part of the face. The thief wore a black mask; Her face was a mask; under the mask of friendship. masker قِناع маска máscara maska die Maske maske μάσκα, προσωπίδα, πρόσχημαmáscara, careta, mascarilla mask نقاب naamari masque מַסֵיכָה मुखावरण, आवरण maska álarc topeng gríma maschera 仮面 복면, 가면 kaukė maska topeng maskermaskemaska نقاب máscara mască маска maska maska maska mask, maskering หน้ากาก maske 面具 маска...
    eg
12. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
13. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
14. to hide or disguise. He managed to mask his feelings. wegsteek يُقَنِّع، يَحْجِب маскирам mascarar maskovat verschleiern maskere κρύβω, μεταμφιέζομαιenmascarar, tapar maskeerima, varjama پنهان کردن naamioida masquer לְהַסתִיר मुंह पर नक़ाब डालना, (भावों आदि) को छिपाना, परदा डालना, छिपाना maskirati leplez menyembunyikan fela, dylja mascherare 隠す 숨기다 paslėpti, (už)maskuoti maskēt, slēpt menyorok verbergen skjule, dekke til; maskere seg maskować پټ كول mascarar a masca, a ascunde прятать, скрыва...
15. A person wearing a mask.
16. A person wearing a mask
17. A covering worn on the face to conceal one's identity, as:a. A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
18. A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
    obsolete
19. A protective covering for the face or head.
20. A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
21. A mold of a person's face, often made after death.
22. In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
23. An area of contrasting color on the face and usually across the eyes of an animal.
24. A screen for a battery.
25. A face having a blank, fixed, or enigmatic expression.
26. The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
27. Something, often a trait, that disguises or conceals: "If ever I saw misery under a mask, it was on her face" (Erskine Childers).
28. A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
29. A natural or artificial feature of terrain that conceals and protects military forces or installations.
30. A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
31. A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
32. The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.

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Examples

“a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask”

“Just a few days ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—the CDC—issued new mask guidelines. Under these new guidelines, most Americans in most of the country can now be mask free. And based on the projections, more of the country will reach that point across the next couple of weeks.”

“Grouchy and wary and tender, he’s a sozzled hedonist seemingly out for himself—though his party-animal facade is just a mask for his bottomless generosity.”

“Come then, pure hands, and bear the head ⁠That sleeps or wears the mask of sleep, ⁠And come, whatever loves to weep, And hear the ritual of the dead.”

“This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.”

“the mask that has the arm of the Indian queen”

“Jones, now taking the mask by the hand, fell to entreating her in the most earnest manner, to acquaint him where he might find Sophia; and when he could obtain no direct answer, he began to upbraid her gently […]”

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