Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
mask
IPA transcription: [m'æsk]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
mask
Meaning:
a covering to disguise or conceal the face
Synonyms:
mask
Meaning:
activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
dissemble, cloak, mask
Meaning:
hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
Synonyms:
mask
Meaning:
put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween"
Usage examples
The surface of life is a mask.
She did her best to mask her agitation
There were no nights to mask our attempted escape.
"Take that mask off and let's have a look at you."
He turned to look into a brown mask of a face he had seen before.
Grant, his face an expressionless mask, presided, and said but little.
If I do put you into that mask I have threatened, you won't like it, girl.
Even in the absence of any native, she used her handkerchief to mask the act.
I take off my mask, and out of politeness she must put down the hood of her mantle.
Over a nature which, at the beginning, was warmly human, Doctor Dexter had laid this glacial mask.