mask
To cover, in order to conceal the identity or protect against injuryTo cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
» Why are you wearing a mask?
Почему ты в маске?
Почему Вы в маске?
Чому ти у масці?
Чому ви у масці?
Meaning
18 senses(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.
maskieren
put a mask on or cover with a mask
(transitive)To disguise as something else.
maskieren
(transitive)To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
cover with a sauce
(transitive)To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(transitive)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
(intransitive)To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
(intransitive)To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
sich maskieren
(intransitive)To conceal or disguise one's neurodivergence, especially autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
(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 set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
(transitive)To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To mash.
Examples
472 sentencesWhy are you wearing a mask?
Чому ти у масці?
ruПочему ты в маске?
I put on a gas mask.
Я одягнув протигаз.
ruЯ надел противогаз.
You need to put on your gas mask.
Тобі потрібно одягнути протигаз.
Tom wore a mask.
Том був у масці.
deTom trug eine Maske.
I wore a mask.
Я був у масці.
ruЯ был в маске.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French masque (“a covering to hide or protect the face”), from ItaliaBorrowed from Middle French masque (“a covering to hide or protect the face”), from Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from (a byform of, see it for more) Medieval Latin masca, mascha, a borrowing of Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from which English mesh and mask (“mesh”) (below at Etymology 2) are inherited. Doublet of mascara, masque, and mesh.
From Middle English *mask, masch, from Old English māx, māsc (“mash”). Doublet of mash.
From Middle English masken, short for *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder; be confused, wander”). More at masker.
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Forms
masks, masking, masked, maskedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- wearing a mask
- men wearing masks
- gas mask
- ski masks
- wearing masks