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Masked   /mæskt/   Listen
Masked

adjective
1.
Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading.  Synonyms: cloaked, disguised.  "Masked threat"
2.
Having markings suggestive of a mask.


Mask

verb
(past & past part. masked; pres. part. masking)
1.
Hide under a false appearance.  Synonyms: cloak, dissemble.
2.
Put a mask on or cover with a mask.  Antonym: unmask.
3.
Make unrecognizable.  Synonym: disguise.  "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"
4.
Cover with a sauce.
5.
Shield from light.  Synonym: block out.



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"Masked" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hard fury masked Chambers' face. "You'll never build a material energy engine outside your laboratory. Don't worry about ruining me. I won't allow you to stand in my way. ...
— Empire • Clifford Donald Simak
... of the moon slumber softly on the oak floor, reflected as they are through the gothic windows; every inmate is wrapped in sleep, even fair Rosamond who has just retired. Suddenly her door is violently thrust open; a masked person, with one bound rushes to her bed-side, and without saying a word, plunges a dagger to the hilt in her breast. Uttering a piercing shriek, the victim springs in the air and falls heavily on the floor. The Intendant, hearing ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine
... economy. Substantial progress has been achieved over the past 10 years in moving forward from an extremely low starting point, though the regional downturn is now limiting that progress. GDP growth of 8.5% in 1997 fell to 4% in 1998. These numbers masked some major difficulties that are emerging in economic performance. Many domestic industries, including coal, cement, steel, and paper, have reported large stockpiles of inventory and tough competition from more efficient foreign ...
— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... whom he had never seen before, three of them masked, had borne him off on a long wild drive, and dropped him at ten o'clock in a lonely bit of country eight miles from the Academy Theatre, there had at least been action to give point to his choler. ...
— Captivating Mary Carstairs • Henry Sydnor Harrison
... pre-occupied to talk when we met at the masked ball, and he suddenly left me for a lady carrying violets. Later he rejoined me, and together we set off to supper at three o'clock in the morning. It was my friend D——'s supper party, and he had included ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol III • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.


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