| Mask: English to English |
| Mask (n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. |
| Mask (n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. |
| Mask (n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. |
| Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron. |
| Mask (n.) A screen for a battery. |
| Mask (n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. |
| Mask (n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. |
| Mask (n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. |
| Mask (v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade. |
| Mask (v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. |
| Mask (v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. |
| Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out. |
| Mask (v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. |
| Mask (v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide. |