mask - What does it mean?
'mask' hits on the web
You may have been searching for a specific social media @mask profile or the tag #mask
Definition of 'mask'Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
.
* Derived from the -r- form: (etyl) maschera, (etyl) and (etyl) , (etyl) masker, (etyl) masquerade.
* Derived from the form lacking -r- : German Maske and Swedish mask.Alternative forms
* (l)
Noun
( en-noun)
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- a dancer's mask'''; a fencer's '''mask'''; a ball player's '''mask
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
- (Francis Bacon)
* (rfdate) :
- This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask .
(obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(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.
(fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(fortification) A screen for a battery
(zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
(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.)
(computing|programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
(computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
Hyponyms
* (a cover for the face) (l), (l)
Derived terms
( der-top)
* dust mask
* death mask
* gas mask, gasmask
( der-mid)
* mask house( qualifier)
* screen mask
* unmask
( der-bottom)
Verb
( en-verb)
To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, IV,vi :
- They must all be masked and vizarded
To disguise; to cover; to hide.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare, Macbeth, III-i :
- Masking the business from the common eye
(military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(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
To take part as a masker in a masquerade
- (Cavendish)
To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
- (Shakespeare)
(computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
* 1993 , Richard E. Haskell, Introduction to computer engineering (page 287)
- That is, the lower nibble (the 4 bits 1010 = A) has been masked to zero. This is because ANDing anything with a zero produces a zero, while ANDing any bit with a 1 leaves the bit unchanged
(computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
* 1998 , Rick Grehan, ?Robert Moote, ?Ingo Cyliax, Real-time programming: a guide to 32-bit embedded development
- When should you mask a specific interrupt, rather than disabling all interrupts?
Etymology 2
From (etyl) maske, from (etyl) max, .
Noun
( en-noun)
A mesh.
The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
( en-verb)
To mash.
(brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
Etymology 4
From (etyl) masken, short for . More at (l).
Verb
( en-verb)
To bewilder; confuse.
References
Anagrams
*
----
Similar to 'mask'mock, meek, muck, musk, mick, mawk, mack, mak, myek, mook, meck, mosk, meak, mmk
|
