mask
noun
[ mɑːsk ]
• a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others.
• a covering made of fibre or gauze and fitting over the nose and mouth to protect against air pollutants, or made of sterile gauze and worn to prevent infection of the wearer or (in surgery) of the patient.
• a face pack.
• "this exfoliating mask helps clear your pores and leaves your skin feeling soft and healthy"
• a likeness of a person's face moulded or sculpted in clay or wax.
• a manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings.
• "I let my mask of respectability slip"
Similar:
pretence,
semblance,
veil,
screen,
front,
false front,
facade,
veneer,
blind,
false colours,
disguise,
guise,
concealment,
cover,
cover-up,
cloak,
camouflage,
• a piece of material such as card used to cover a part of an image that is not required when exposing a print.
• a patterned metal film used in the manufacture of microcircuits to allow selective modification of the underlying material.
• the enlarged labium of a dragonfly larva, which can be extended to seize prey.
mask
verb
• cover (the face) with a mask.
• "he had been masked, bound, and abducted"
Similar:
hide,
conceal,
disguise,
cover up,
obscure,
screen,
cloak,
camouflage,
veil,
mantle,
blanket,
enshroud,
• conceal (something) from view.
• "the poplars masked a factory"
Similar:
hide,
conceal,
disguise,
cover up,
obscure,
screen,
cloak,
camouflage,
veil,
mantle,
blanket,
enshroud,
• cover (an object or surface) so as to protect it during painting.
• "mask off doors and cupboards with sheets of plastic"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French masque, from Italian maschera, mascara, probably from medieval Latin masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arabic masḵara ‘buffoon’.
