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verb(mask)to take part in a masquerade
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verb(mask)to assume a mask
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verb(mask)to disguise one's true character or intentions
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noun(mask)a cover or partial cover for the face used for disguise
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noun(mask)a person wearing a mask : masker
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noun(mask)a figure of a head worn on the stage in antiquity to identify the character and project the voice
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noun(mask)masquerade
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noun(mask)a short allegorical dramatic entertainment of the 16th and 17th centuries performed by masked actors
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noun(mask)mask
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noun(mask)a cast taken from the face of a dead person
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noun(mask)a mask connected to a chemical air filter and used to protect the face and lungs from toxic gases; broadly : respirator
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noun(mask)a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank
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noun(mask)a metal plate in a color cathode-ray tube that contains minute apertures permitting passage of electron beams to specific phosphors on the screen during a scan
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noun(mask)a knit fabric mask that covers the head, has openings for the eyes, mouth, and sometimes the nose, and is worn especially by skiers for protection from the cold