mask.html - {n.} A paper tape that is stuck around the edges of a surface being painted to keep the paint off the surface next to it. * /The painters put masking tape around the window frames to keep the paint off the glass./

mask.html - n. & v.
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1 a covering for all or part of the face: a worn as a disguise, or to appear grotesque and amuse or terrify. b made of wire, gauze, etc., and worn for protection (e.g. by a fencer) or by a surgeon to prevent infection of a patient. c worn to conceal the face at balls etc. and usu. made of velvet or silk.
2 a respirator used to filter inhaled air or to supply gas for inhalation.
3 a likeness of a person's face, esp. one made by taking a mould from the face (death-mask).
4 a disguise or pretence (throw off the mask).
5 a hollow model of a human head worn by ancient Greek and Roman actors.
6 Photog. a screen used to exclude part of an image.
7 the face or head of an animal, esp. a fox.
8 = face-pack.
9 archaic a masked person.

--v.

tr.
1 cover (the face etc.) with a mask.
2 disguise or conceal (a taste, one's feelings, etc.).
3 protect from a process.
4 Mil. a conceal (a battery etc.) from the enemy's view. b hinder (an army etc.) from action by observing with adequate force. c hinder (a friendly force) by standing in its line of fire.

masking tape adhesive tape used in painting to cover areas on which paint is not wanted.

masker n. [F masque f. It. maschera f. Arab. maskara buffoon f. sakira to ridicule]

mask.html - adj.
wearing or disguised with a mask.

masked ball a ball at which masks are worn.

mask.html - n.
a large N. American pike, Esox masquinongy, esp. in the Great Lakes. [ult. f. Ojibwa, = great fish]

mask.html - {n.} A paper tape that is stuck around the edges of a surface being painted to keep the paint off the surface next to it. * /The painters put masking tape around the window frames to keep the paint off the glass./

mask.html - See: EN MASSE.