- Substantiv
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- 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.
- (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.).
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- A mesh.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (Britain dialectal) Mash.
- Verb
- (transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- (transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mash.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
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