mask
verb/mɑːsk/
/mæsk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mask | /mɑːsk/ /mæsk/ |
| he / she / it masks | /mɑːsks/ /mæsks/ |
| past simple masked | /mɑːskt/ /mæskt/ |
| past participle masked | /mɑːskt/ /mæskt/ |
| -ing form masking | /ˈmɑːskɪŋ/ /ˈmæskɪŋ/ |
- mask something to hide a feeling, smell, fact, etc. so that it cannot be easily seen or noticed synonym disguise, veil
- She masked her anger with a smile.
Extra Examples- Varnish tends to mask the natural grain of the wood.
- In the past, spices were sometimes used to mask the unpleasant taste of the meat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- not quite
- partially
- …
- tend to
- with
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French masque, from Italian maschera, mascara, probably from medieval Latin masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arabic mask̲ara ‘buffoon’.
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