Masked
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
masked
adj 1: having its true character concealed with the intent of
misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" [syn:
{cloaked}, {disguised}, {masked}]
2: having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a
raccoon"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Masking}.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
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They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
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2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of
troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some
hostile evolution is being carried out.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Masked \Masked\, a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks;
concealed; hidden.
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2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}.
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3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing
decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said
of birds.
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{Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
{Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be
seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
{Masked crab} (Zool.), a European crab ({Corystes
cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat
resembling a human face.
{Masked pig} (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus
pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "masked":
armored, camouflaged, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated,
coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, disguised, eclipsed,
encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed,
floored, hooded, housed, in disguise, incog, incognito, loricate,
loricated, mantled, masquerading, muffled, obscured, occulted,
packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled,
shielded, shrouded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled,
walled-in, wrapped
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