The meaning of Mask

noun

A large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth.

Usage examples:

I slept on the ground covered by my blanket

adjective

Covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive.

Usage examples:

A blanket ban on tobacco advertising

verb

Cover completely with a thick layer of something.

Usage examples:

The countryside was blanketed in snow

adjective

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

Usage examples:

A blind man with a stick

verb

Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily.

Usage examples:

The injury temporarily blinded him

noun

A screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats.

Usage examples:

She pulled down the blinds

noun

The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.

Usage examples:

On the trenches were pieces of turf which served for camouflage

verb

Hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage.

Usage examples:

The caravan was camouflaged with netting and branches from trees

noun

A sleeveless outdoor overgarment that hangs loosely from the shoulders.

Usage examples:

He threw his cloak about him

verb

Dress in a cloak.

Usage examples:

They sat cloaked and hooded

noun

A loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves that fastens at the neck and hangs from the shoulders

Usage examples:

The agents operate under a cloak of secrecy., the deal was cloaked in secrecy.

verb

Not allow to be seen; hide.

Usage examples:

A line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea

verb

To prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something

Usage examples:

He made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction.

verb

To not tell somebody about something that they have the right to know about

Usage examples:

Do not conceal health problems from a prospective insurer.

noun

The action of hiding something or preventing it from being known.

Usage examples:

The concealment of the weapons

noun

The fact or crime of not providing information that a court, customer, insurance company, etc. has a legal right to know

Usage examples:

Concealment of assets is arguably the most significant crime associated with bankruptcy.

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

Usage examples:

Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

phrasal verb

Hide from view or knowledge

phrasal verb

To keep something unpleasant or illegal secret or hidden

Usage examples:

He accused the police of covering up for each other., they’re trying to cover up the truth.

verb

Give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity.

Usage examples:

We took elaborate measures to disguise ourselves as locals

noun

A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.

Usage examples:

I put on dark glasses as a disguise

noun

Any of 28 small oblong pieces marked with 0–6 pips in each half.

Usage examples:

Everyone will fall over like a row of dominoes

noun

One of a set of small rectangular pieces of wood or plastic marked with a particular number of spots on each half of one surface, used in playing a game

verb

Envelop completely and hide from view.

Usage examples:

Heavy grey clouds enshrouded the city

verb

To cover something so that it cannot be seen clearly

Usage examples:

Be enshrouded in the planet venus is enshrouded in thick clouds., the whole affair was enshrouded i…

noun

The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Usage examples:

The house has a half-timbered facade

noun

The front of a building

Usage examples:

The façade is made of limestone., behind her façade of gentleness was a tough competitor.

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something.

Usage examples:

He visited in the guise of an inspector

noun

The appearance of someone or something, esp. when intended to deceive

Usage examples:

The men who arrived in the guise of criminals were actually undercover police officers.

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

noun

A camouflaged shelter used to observe wildlife at close quarters.

Usage examples:

We expect the camera crew to sit patiently in a camouflaged hide, waiting for the wildlife to wande…

noun

The skin of an animal, especially when tanned or dressed.

Usage examples:

We'll skin them right here and preserve their hides

noun

A loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women.

Usage examples:

She was wrapped tightly in her mantle

verb

Cloak or envelop.

Usage examples:

Heavy mists mantled the forested slopes

noun

Variant spelling of mantel.

verb

Cover (the face) with a mask.

Usage examples:

He had been masked, bound, and abducted

noun

A covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others.

Usage examples:

Even the tots wore their costumes and enjoyed the fun, peering through their grotesque masks, and f…

noun

A covering worn over the mouth and nose in order to reduce the transmission of infectious agents, or to prevent the inhalation of pollutants and other harmful substances.

Usage examples:

Wear a protective mask, covering nose and mouth, to decrease the percentage of polluted air breathed.

verb

Us spelling of matt (adjective).

noun

An impure product of the smelting of sulphide ores, especially those of copper or nickel.

Usage examples:

Botswana exports are dominated by diamonds, copper/nickel matte, beef and animal products; also exp…

noun

A mask used to obscure part of an image in a film and allow another image to be substituted, combining the two.

Usage examples:

Virtually inventing methods of composite mattes in film made the invisible man truly come alive and…

adjective

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

Usage examples:

His origins and parentage are obscure

verb

Keep from being seen; conceal.

Usage examples:

Grey clouds obscure the sun

adjective

Not known to many people

Usage examples:

An obscure 18th-century painter, official policy has changed for reasons that remain obscure.

noun

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Usage examples:

His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

noun

A way of behaving that is intended to deceive people

Usage examples:

She made absolutely no pretence of being interested., they kept up (= continued) a pretence of norm…

noun

A fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.

Usage examples:

The special branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses

verb

Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.

Usage examples:

Her hair swung across to screen her face

noun

A flat surface in a theater, on a television, or on a computer system on which pictures or words are shown

Usage examples:

I spend most of the day working in front of a computer screen., her ambition is to write for the sc…

noun

The outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Usage examples:

She tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order

noun

A similarity to something, or the appearance of being or having something

Usage examples:

She’s raising two kids, holding down a full-time job, and trying to maintain some semblance of a pe…

noun

A piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.

Usage examples:

A white bridal veil

verb

A membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development, either ( universal veil ) enclosing the whole fruiting body or ( partial veil ) joining the edges of the cap to the stalk.

noun

A piece of thin material worn to protect or hide the face or head

Usage examples:

The bride wore a veil made of french lace., fig. a veil of secrecy surrounded the appointment of th…

noun

A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material.

Usage examples:

A fine-grained veneer

verb

Cover (something) with a decorative layer of fine wood.

Usage examples:

Factories employed cabinetmakers to veneer looking glasses

noun

A thin layer of decorative wood or other material used to cover a cheaper or less attractive material

Usage examples:

[ c ] it’s a pine table with a mahogany veneer., [ u ] his ethics are pure veneer.

noun

A movable part of a helmet that can be pulled down to cover the face.

Usage examples:

A plastic safety helmet with a transparent visor

noun

A mask or disguise.