1.
[syn: cloaked, disguised, masked]
2. having markings suggestive of a mask;
- Example: "the masked face of a raccoon"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Masking.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
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They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
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2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of
troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some
hostile evolution is being carried out.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Masked \Masked\, a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks;
concealed; hidden.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Personate.
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3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing
decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said
of birds.
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Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be
seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
Masked crab (Zool.), a European crab (Corystes
cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat
resembling a human face.
Masked pig (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog (Sus
pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
masked
adj 1: having its true character concealed with the intent of
misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" [syn:
cloaked, disguised, masked]
2: having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a
raccoon"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "masked":
armored, camouflaged, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated,
coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, disguised, eclipsed,
encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed,
floored, hooded, housed, in disguise, incog, incognito, loricate,
loricated, mantled, masquerading, muffled, obscured, occulted,
packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled,
shielded, shrouded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled,
walled-in, wrapped