Mask

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kI. noun

Etymology: Middle French masque, from Old Italian maschera
Date: 1534
1.
- a.
  - (1) a cover or partial cover for the face used for disguise
  - (2) a person wearing a mask ; masker
- b.
  - (1) a figure of a head worn on the stage in antiquity to identify the character and project the voice
  - (2) a grotesque false face worn at carnivals or in rituals
- c. an often grotesque carved head or face used as an ornament (as on a keystone)
- d. a sculptured face or a copy of a face made by means of a mold
2.
- a. something that serves to conceal or disguise ; pretense, cloak <aware of the masks, facades and defenses people erect to protect themselves — Kenneth Keniston>
- b. something that conceals from view
- c. a translucent or opaque screen to cover part of the sensitive surface in taking or printing a photograph
- d. a pattern of opaque material used to shield selected areas of a surface (as of a semiconductor) in deposition or etching (as in producing an integrated circuit)
3.
- a. a protective covering for the face
- b. gas mask
- c. a device covering the mouth and nose to facilitate inhalation
- d. a comparable device to prevent exhalation of infective material
- e. a cosmetic preparation for the skin of the face that produces a tightening effect as it dries
4.
- a. the head or face of an animal (as a fox or dog)
- b. an area (as the one around the eyes) of an animal's face that is distinguished by usually darker coloring

II. verb

Date: circa 1562
intransitive verb
- 1. to take part in a masquerade
- 2.
  - a. to assume a mask
  - b. to disguise one's true character or intentions
transitive verb
- 1. to provide or conceal with a mask: as
  - a. to conceal from view <mask a gun battery>
  - b. to make indistinct or imperceptible <masks undesirable flavors>
  - c. to cover up <masked his real purpose>
- 2. to cover for protection
- 3. to modify the size or shape of (as a photograph) by means of an opaque border
Synonyms: see disguisekk