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adj
- Concealed; hidden.
- Characterized by masks.
- (botany) Personate.
- (zoology, of birds) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage.
- Wearing a mask or masks.
- having markings suggestive of a mask
- having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
verb
noun
- (figurative) A disguise; concealment.
- (American football) Ellipsis of screen pass.
- (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- (by extension) A room in a cinema.
- (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
- the personnel of the film industry
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
- partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
verb
- To shelter or conceal.
- (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To fit with a screen.
- (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
- (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
- examine in order to test suitability
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
- project onto a screen for viewing
- examine methodically
- prevent from entering
noun
- A disguise or covering up.
- The act of disguising.
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
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- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
adj
adv
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
- in or to or toward the rear
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- The rear, back-end.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
noun
- The concealing or covering of something.
- The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
- (medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
- The total destruction of something.
- the complete destruction of every trace of something
- destruction by annihilating something
verb
noun
- (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- anything that covers or conceals
- a loose outer garment
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
verb
- hide under a false appearance
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
verb
- hide under a false appearance
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
noun
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
verb
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
- (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
- To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
- To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- remove completely from recognition or memory
adj
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noun
- The act by which something is masked; the act of masking, of concealing or disguising.
- An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.
- The practice of wearing safety masks, such as face masks.
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
- scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
verb
verb
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- close at the end of a session
noun
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
noun
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
verb
adj
- Being or kept hidden.
- designed to elude detection
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- the next to highest level of official classification for documents
- not open or public; kept private or not revealed
- not openly made known
- indulging only covertly
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- hidden from general view or use
- communicated covertly
- not expressed
verb
noun
- Something not understood or known.
- (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
- (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
- (uncountable) Private seclusion.
- (historical) A form of steel skullcap.
- information known only to a special group
- something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
adj
- Hidden, unseen.
- Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
- (technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
- Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
- Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- (technology) Without audio capability.
- Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
- (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
- Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
- (genetics) Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
- Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
- not made to sound
- expressed without speech
- failing to speak or communicate etc. when expected to
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
- marked by absence of sound
- implied by or inferred from actions or statements
noun
verb
noun
- Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
- The branching top of a tree; foliage.
- One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
- (nautical) One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
- That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
- A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
- (astronautics) A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
- That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
- a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
verb
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
- hide in one's bosom
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
adj
noun
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
verb
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- take part in a masquerade
noun
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
verb
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- place out of sight; keep secret
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
noun
- the condition of being concealed or hidden
- the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
- (uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
- (uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
- (uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
adj
- Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
- Dark, faint or indistinct.
- Not well-known.
- Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse.
- difficult to find
- not clearly expressed or understood
- remote and separate physically or socially
- not famous or acclaimed
- not drawing attention
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
verb
- (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
- (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
- make unintelligible or unclear
- reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- The mask itself.
- (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.
- (slang, in the plural) A person's teeth.
- (dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- (music, colloquial) A mistake in performing.
- (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- The person wearing the costume.
- A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
- a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes
- a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots
- a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
verb
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adv
noun
- A mask for the face.
- A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
- The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
- A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
- a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
verb
adj
noun
- (nautical) A boat that can go underwater.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- (baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
- Alternative form of submarine sandwich.
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
verb
- (intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
- (transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
- control a submarine
- throw with an underhand motion
- attack by submarine
- bring down with a blow to the legs
- move forward or under in a sliding motion
verb
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
adj
verb
noun
- Concealing cover, disguise, veil; also figurative
- (law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
- Alternative spelling of couverture.
- Shelter, hiding place.
adj
- Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
- Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
- Beyond what is obvious or evident.
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
verb
- To remain concealed in order to ambush.
- (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
- To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
- (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
- To remain unobserved.
- wait in hiding to attack
- to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence public
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- be about a place without any apparent purpose
noun
noun
- (figurative) A disguise; concealment.
- (American football) Ellipsis of screen pass.
- (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- (by extension) A room in a cinema.
- (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
- the personnel of the film industry
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
- partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
verb
- To shelter or conceal.
- (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To fit with a screen.
- (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
- (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
- examine in order to test suitability
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
- project onto a screen for viewing
- examine methodically
- prevent from entering
noun
- A disguise or covering up.
- The act of disguising.
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
verb
noun
noun
adj
noun
- The concealing or covering of something.
- The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
- (medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
- The total destruction of something.
- the complete destruction of every trace of something
- destruction by annihilating something
noun
- The act by which something is masked; the act of masking, of concealing or disguising.
- An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.
- The practice of wearing safety masks, such as face masks.
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
- scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
verb
verb
- hide under a false appearance
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
noun
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
noun
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
verb
noun
- the condition of being concealed or hidden
- the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
- (uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
- (uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
- (uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
noun
- The mask itself.
- (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.
- (slang, in the plural) A person's teeth.
- (dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- (music, colloquial) A mistake in performing.
- (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- The person wearing the costume.
- A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
- a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes
- a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots
- a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
verb
noun
- A mask for the face.
- A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
- The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
- A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
- a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
verb
verb
noun
- (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- anything that covers or conceals
- a loose outer garment
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
noun
- Concealing cover, disguise, veil; also figurative
- (law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
- Alternative spelling of couverture.
- Shelter, hiding place.
verb
noun
- (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- anything that covers or conceals
- a loose outer garment
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
verb
- hide under a false appearance
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
verb
- hide under a false appearance
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
noun
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
verb
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
- (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
- To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
- To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- remove completely from recognition or memory
adj
verb
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- close at the end of a session
noun
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
verb
noun
- Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
- The branching top of a tree; foliage.
- One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
- (nautical) One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
- That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
- A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
- (astronautics) A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
- That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
- a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
verb
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
- hide in one's bosom
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
adj
noun
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
verb
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- take part in a masquerade
noun
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
noun
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
verb
verb
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- place out of sight; keep secret
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
noun
- A disguise or covering up.
- The act of disguising.
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
verb
adj
- Being or kept hidden.
- designed to elude detection
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- the next to highest level of official classification for documents
- not open or public; kept private or not revealed
- not openly made known
- indulging only covertly
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- hidden from general view or use
- communicated covertly
- not expressed
verb
noun
- Something not understood or known.
- (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
- (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
- (uncountable) Private seclusion.
- (historical) A form of steel skullcap.
- information known only to a special group
- something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
verb
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
verb
- To remain concealed in order to ambush.
- (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
- To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
- (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
- To remain unobserved.
- wait in hiding to attack
- to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence public
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- be about a place without any apparent purpose
noun
adv
adv
adj
- Concealed; hidden.
- Characterized by masks.
- (botany) Personate.
- (zoology, of birds) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage.
- Wearing a mask or masks.
- having markings suggestive of a mask
- having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
verb
adj
- Being or kept hidden.
- designed to elude detection
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- the next to highest level of official classification for documents
- not open or public; kept private or not revealed
- not openly made known
- indulging only covertly
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- hidden from general view or use
- communicated covertly
- not expressed
verb
noun
- Something not understood or known.
- (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
- (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
- (uncountable) Private seclusion.
- (historical) A form of steel skullcap.
- information known only to a special group
- something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
adj
- Hidden, unseen.
- Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
- (technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
- Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
- Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- (technology) Without audio capability.
- Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
- (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
- Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
- (genetics) Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
- Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
- not made to sound
- expressed without speech
- failing to speak or communicate etc. when expected to
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
- marked by absence of sound
- implied by or inferred from actions or statements
noun
adj
- Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
- Dark, faint or indistinct.
- Not well-known.
- Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse.
- difficult to find
- not clearly expressed or understood
- remote and separate physically or socially
- not famous or acclaimed
- not drawing attention
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
verb
- (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
- (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
- make unintelligible or unclear
- reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- make less visible or unclear
adj
noun
- (nautical) A boat that can go underwater.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- (baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
- Alternative form of submarine sandwich.
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
verb
- (intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
- (transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
- control a submarine
- throw with an underhand motion
- attack by submarine
- bring down with a blow to the legs
- move forward or under in a sliding motion
adj
verb
adj
- Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
- Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
- Beyond what is obvious or evident.
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)