English words for '(computing) Quality of being maskable.'
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noun
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
- (uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
- (countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of clipping or snipping
verb
prep
- (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
- (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
- (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
- (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
- A social role.
- A character played by an actor.
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
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
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To remove one's mask.
- (transitive) To remove a mask from someone.
- (intransitive) To cease engaging in masking, to cease disguising one's autism.
- (transitive, computing) To enable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting or setting the associated bit.
- (transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.
- take the mask off
- reveal the true nature of
noun
- Initialism of filtering face piece.
- Initialism of financial fair play (a set of regulations established to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success, and in doing so not getting into financial problems which might threaten their long-term survival).
- (medicine) Initialism of fresh frozen plasma.
- (astronomy) Initialism of free-floating planet
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
verb
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
verb
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- cover as if with a shroud
- be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
- prevent from being seen or discovered
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
noun
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- body covering of a living animal
- (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
- (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
- (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
verb
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- remove completely from recognition or memory
- (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.
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- (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.
adj
verb
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- make unintelligible or unclear
- reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- make less visible or unclear
- (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.
adj
- 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
- Dark, faint or indistinct.
- Not well-known.
- Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
- Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse.
verb
noun
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 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)
- (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)
noun
adj
adv
adj
- Characterized by masks.
- (botany) Personate.
- Concealed; hidden.
- (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
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
verb
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- hide under a false appearance
- 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 party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal 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
name
- Abbreviation of Source Filmmaker, a software tool for video capture and editing, often used to create animations.
- Abbreviation of Structure from motion, a photogrammetric range imaging technique for estimating three-dimensional structures from two-dimensional image sequences.
- Abbreviation of Scarboro Foreign Missions, a Catholic order.
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.
verb
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
- kill by submerging in water
- get rid of as if by submerging
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- (transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
- (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
- (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
verb
noun
verb
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- put under water
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
noun
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- A disguise or covering up.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- 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
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- The act of disguising.
- (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.
verb
noun
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
- Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
verb
noun
- (countable) Ellipsis of KN95 mask, a facemask using a filter conforming to the standard.
- (uncountable) An air particulate filtration standard originating in the People's Republic of China, which requires filtration of 95% of air particulates that are 0.3 microns and larger.
- (countable) Ellipsis of KN95 filter, a filter implementing the standard.
noun
adj
noun
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
- (uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
- (countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of clipping or snipping
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
- (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
- (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
- A social role.
- A character played by an actor.
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
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
noun
noun
- Initialism of filtering face piece.
- Initialism of financial fair play (a set of regulations established to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success, and in doing so not getting into financial problems which might threaten their long-term survival).
- (medicine) Initialism of fresh frozen plasma.
- (astronomy) Initialism of free-floating planet
noun
verb
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
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 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)
- (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)
noun
name
- Abbreviation of Source Filmmaker, a software tool for video capture and editing, often used to create animations.
- Abbreviation of Structure from motion, a photogrammetric range imaging technique for estimating three-dimensional structures from two-dimensional image sequences.
- Abbreviation of Scarboro Foreign Missions, a Catholic order.
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 act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- A disguise or covering up.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- 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
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- The act of disguising.
- (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.
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noun
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
- Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
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- (countable) Ellipsis of KN95 mask, a facemask using a filter conforming to the standard.
- (uncountable) An air particulate filtration standard originating in the People's Republic of China, which requires filtration of 95% of air particulates that are 0.3 microns and larger.
- (countable) Ellipsis of KN95 filter, a filter implementing the standard.
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- (intransitive) To remove one's mask.
- (transitive) To remove a mask from someone.
- (intransitive) To cease engaging in masking, to cease disguising one's autism.
- (transitive, computing) To enable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting or setting the associated bit.
- (transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.
- take the mask off
- reveal the true nature of
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
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- cover as if with a shroud
- be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
- prevent from being seen or discovered
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
noun
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- body covering of a living animal
- (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
- (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
- (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
verb
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- remove completely from recognition or memory
- (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.
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- (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.
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- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- make unintelligible or unclear
- reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- make less visible or unclear
- (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.
adj
- 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
- Dark, faint or indistinct.
- Not well-known.
- Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
- Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse.
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- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- 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)
- (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)
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
verb
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- hide under a false appearance
- 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 party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal 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
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
- kill by submerging in water
- get rid of as if by submerging
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- (transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
- (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
- (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
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- cover completely or make imperceptible
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- put under water
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
adj
- Characterized by masks.
- (botany) Personate.
- Concealed; hidden.
- (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
- Characterized by masks.
- (botany) Personate.
- Concealed; hidden.
- (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