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noun

  • A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

    "a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask"

  • That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
  • A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
  • A person wearing a mask.
  • A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
  • A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like
  • (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
  • (fortification) A screen for a battery
  • The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
  • (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.)
  • A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
  • A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
  • The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.

verb

  • To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
  • To disguise; to cover; to hide.
  • To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
  • To cover or keep in check.

    "to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out"

  • To take part as a masker in a masquerade
  • To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
  • 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
  • To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
  • To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.

noun

  • A mesh.
  • The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.

noun

  • Mash.

verb

  • To mash.
  • To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
  • To be infused or steeped.
  • To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.

verb

  • To bewilder; confuse.

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