Definizione monolingua

mask

mask (third-person singular simple present masks, present participle masking, simple past and past participle masked)

1. (transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, IV,vi:

     They must all be masked and vizarded

2. (transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare, Macbeth, III-i:

     Masking the business from the common eye

3. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
4. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.

   to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out

5. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade
   • (Can we date this quote?) Cavendish.
6. (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare.

mask (plural masks)

1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

   a dancers mask; a fencers mask; a ball players mask

2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show - Francis Bacon
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton:

     This thought might lead me through the worlds vain mask.

4. (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
5. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
6. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
7. (fortification) A screen for a battery
8. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
9. (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
10. (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
11. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.

Definizione dizionario mask

	maschera
	That which disguises
	A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection
	A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
	A filter that selectively includes or excludes certain values.

	mascherare
	To hide under a false appearance.

	mascherina
	A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection

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Altri significati:

(Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)

(obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

(computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.

(architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.

A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show - Francis Bacon

To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury

(intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way

(zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

(transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way

That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

(fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

(computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.

(transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.

(transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

(transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.

(intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade

To disguise; to cover; to hide

mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

(fortification) A screen for a battery