Masking

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Physiology The concealment or screening of one sensory process or sensation by another.
  • n. A piece of theatrical scenery used to conceal a part of the stage from the audience.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of mask.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or diversion of covering the face with a mask, or of wearing a masquerade dress; masquerading.
  • n. In photography, a device adopted in printing from an imperfect negative, consisting in pasting tissue-paper on the reverse side of the negative over the portions of the picture which print too deeply.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
  • n. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
  • n. the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
  • Verb Form
    masked    masking    masks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    concealing    concealment    hiding    cover    disguise   
    Cross Reference
    disguise    masker    cloak    ball    uterine mask   
    Variant
    mascaron   
    Form
    death mask    sleep mask    Mask house    unmask   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    masquerade    frolic    masker    disguise    cover   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ask    Basque    Pasch    Rask    ask   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cloak    expression    helmet    smile    cap