Dictionary Entry
mask
mask is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.
- 2noun
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- 3noun
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
- 4noun
A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
- 5noun
A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
- 6noun
In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- 7noun
A screen for a battery.
- 8noun
The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- 9transitive verb
To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- 10transitive verb
To disguise; to cover; to hide.
- 11transitive verb
To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- 12transitive verb
To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
- 13intransitive verb
To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- 14intransitive verb
To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
- 15noun
activity that tries to conceal something
"no mask could conceal his ignorance"
"they moved in under a mask of friendship"
- 16noun
a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- 17noun
a protective covering worn over the face
- 18noun
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
Synonyms
- 19verb
put a mask on or cover with a mask
"Mask the children for Halloween"
- 20verb
shield from light
- 21verb
cover with a sauce
"mask the meat"
- 22verb
hide under a false appearance
"He masked his disappointment"
- 23verb
make unrecognizable
"The herb masks the garlic taste"
"We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"
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