mask
/mæsk/ verb C2- 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 as something else.
- To conceal from view or knowledge; 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 put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- To conceal or disguise one's neurodivergence, especially autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
He/she/it masks · Past masked · Past participle masked · -ing form masking
Verb forms
- Base form
- mask
- He/she/it
- masks
- Past
- masked
- Past participle
- masked
- -ing form
- masking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
## The Fox and the Mask
A FOX entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head.
Here are the other things I used to deceive you.” He showed the Scarecrow the dress and the mask he had worn when he seemed to be the lovely Lady.
It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask.
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