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mask - in Oxford

· n.
1 a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, for protection or hygiene, or for theatrical effect.

2 a likeness of a person’s face moulded or sculpted in clay or wax. Ø the face or head of an animal, especially of a fox, as a hunting trophy.

3 a disguise or pretence: she let her mask of respectability slip.

4 Photography a piece of material such as card used to cover part of an image that is not required when exposing a print. Ø Electronics a patterned metal film used in the manufacture of microcircuits to allow selective modification of the underlying material.

5 a face pack.

6 a respirator used to filter inhaled air or to supply gas for inhalation.

· v.
1 cover with a mask.

2 conceal from view; disguise: brandy did not mask the bitter taste.

3 cover so as to protect during a particular process, especially painting.

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– DERIVATIVES masked adj. masker n.
– ORIGIN C16: from Fr. masque, from Ital. maschera, mascara, prob. from med. L. masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arab. mas4ara ‘buffoon’.

Some of us had forgotten its meaning of - MASK.......

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