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A mask is a disguise that covers just your face. Your Halloween costume might include a scary monster mask and a furry suit with a tail, or maybe you just wear that for fun.

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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.

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

Noun
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

Verb
put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween"

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Verb
shield from light

Verb
cover with a sauce; "mask the meat"

Verb
hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"


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.


Mask

Mask , n. [F. masque, LL. masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg. m'a0scara, 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. 2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. 3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. Bacon.
This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.
4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. 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. 6. (Fort.) (a) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. (b) A screen for a battery. 7. (Zo'94l.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. Mask house, a house for masquerades. [Obs.]

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.
They must all be masked and vizarded.
2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
Masking the business from the common eye.
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 fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.

Mask

Mask, v. i. 1. To take part as a masker in a masquerade. Cavendish. 2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. Shak.

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.

To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

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Usage Examples

You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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Other Usage Examples

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

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