mask

• Potemkin village
• Trojan horse
• act
• affect
• assume
• becloud
• bedim
• befog
• belie
• bill
• blanket
• blind
• block
• blot out
• bury
• camouflage
• cloak
• cloud
• conceal
• concealer
• cope
• cosmeticize
• costume
• counterfeit
• cover
• cover-up
• covering
• coverture
• curtain
• darken
• disguise
• dissemble
• dissimulate
• domino
• dress up
• eclipse
• enshroud
• facade
• face
• fake
• feign
• fig leaf
• gild
• gloss
• guise
• hide
• hood
• impersonate
• mantle
• masquerade
• obscure
• obstruct
• occlude
• occult
• overcast
• overshadow
• pall
• paper over
• penumbra
• play
• pose
• pretend
• robe
• screen
• shade
• sham
• shield
• shroud
• simulate
• smother
• suppress
• varnish
• veil
• veneer
• visor
• vizard
• vizor
• whitewash
• wraps

• advertise
• air
• bare
• betray
• bring out
• broadcast
• clarify
• disclose
• discover
• display
• divulge
• exhibit
• expose
• flaunt
• get out
• illuminate
• parade
• present
• proclaim
• publicize
• publish
• reveal
• show
• spread
• uncloak
• unclothe
• uncover
• undrape
• unmask
• unveil

• noun
  1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
  2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
  3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
  4. A person wearing a mask.
  5. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
  6. A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
  7. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
  8. (fortification) A screen for a battery.
  9. The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
  10. (Puebloan) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American mask. (The term is objected to as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.).
  11. A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
  12. A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
  13. The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
  14. A mesh.
  15. The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
  16. Mash.
• verb
  1. To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
  2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
  3. To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
  4. To cover or keep in check.
  5. To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
  6. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
  7. To cover or shield a part of a design or picture in order to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
  8. To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
  9. To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
  10. To mash.
  11. To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
  12. To be infused or steeped.
  13. To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
  14. To bewilder; confuse.

• She wore a mask to protect herself from the dust.
• The actor put on a clown mask before going on stage.
• He used a scarf as a mask in the cold weather.
• The skincare mask left her face feeling smooth and refreshed.
• It's important to wear a mask in crowded places during flu season.

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