Mask Synonyms & Definitions

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• MaskDefinition & Meaning in English

(v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
(n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(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 grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
(n.) A screen for a battery.
(v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
(n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancers mask; a fencers mask; a ball players mask.
(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 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.
(n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
(n.) A person wearing a mask; a masker.
(n.) The head or face of a fox.

• MaskeryDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) The dress or disguise of a maske/; masquerade.