Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Wearing a mask.
- adjective Disguised or concealed as if by a mask.
- adjective Latent or hidden, as a symptom or disease.
- adjective Botany Personate.
- adjective Having markings in the shape of a mask on the head or face.
- adjective Having the anatomy of the next developmental form outlined beneath the integument, as in certain insect pupae.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, same as
larval , 2. - Having the face covered with a mask; disguised or concealed.
- Bewildered; amazed.
- In zoology: Larvate or larval: thus, a caterpillar is the masked state of a butterfly.
- In entomology, applied to pupæ which have the wings, legs, etc., of the future imago indicated by lines on the surface, as in
Lepidoptera . - Marked on the head or face as if literally wearing a mask; capistrate; personate.
- In botany, same as
personate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
- adjective (Bot.) Same as
Personate . - adjective (Zoöl.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
- adjective a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
- adjective (Mil.) a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a European crab (
Corystes cassivelaunus ) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. - adjective (Zoöl.) a Japanese domestic hog (
Sus pliciceps ). Its face is deeply furrowed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mask . - adjective Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
- adjective botany
personate - adjective zoology Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
- adjective having markings suggestive of a mask
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Examples
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Her expression masked, she nodded toward the remaining stragglers veering toward their cars.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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Her expression masked, she nodded toward the remaining stragglers veering toward their cars.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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Her expression masked, she nodded toward the remaining stragglers veering toward their cars.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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In his words “We aren’t going anywhere” and using the term masked the situation.
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It is only lightly masked, that is to say, by American channels such as section A of the New York Times.
David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012
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But Savage has barriers put between him and his destiny by Mayans with red-tipped fingers, the warriors led by a villain masked as Kukulcan, the Feathered Serpent.
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Mr. Heyman spends most of his time delving through financial statements, looking for strong cash-flow potential that is being masked from a company's earnings performance due to accounting expenses, like depreciation of assets, that don't always reflect reality.
Activist Tack Suits Value Fund Nat WordeN 2010
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It is only lightly masked, that is to say, by American channels such as section A of the New York Times.
David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012
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They called him "chief" or "the boss man," and they only exchanged his telephone number in code, masked as lottery numbers.
Just where is K? GayandRight 2009
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No, no crash for me, looks like it was a different issue, masked from the same IE error window. doh!
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