mask
/mæsk//mæsk/noun
Definitions
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
Example: a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
A person wearing a mask.
verb
Definitions
To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
To disguise; to cover; to hide.
To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
To cover or keep in check.
Example: to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out