Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Physiology The concealment or screening of one sensory process or sensation by another.
- noun A piece of theatrical scenery used to conceal a part of the stage from the audience.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or diversion of covering the face with a mask, or of wearing a masquerade dress; masquerading.
- noun In photography, a device adopted in printing from an imperfect negative, consisting in pasting tissue-paper on the reverse side of the negative over the portions of the picture which print too deeply.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
mask .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
- noun the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- noun the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
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Examples
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Built upon decades of lying, deceit and sleight of hand, the European Union has been carefully crafted from its beginnings as a simple treaty on shared access to coal and steel, through an ongoing succession of treaties over a 60-year period to the final implementation of an imperial constitution, as usual with a title masking its true nature, the Lisbon Treaty.
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However he made a mistake in masking his collar number which sadly helps to cast the incident in an ominous light.
Diversity In Action (or ‘inaction’ if you prefer) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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You could check to see if the firing pins are stuck by putting a piece of thin masking tape on the back of some spent shells and see if the tape is marked or punctured.
Stupid Moves 2009
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The role played by hypocrisy, morality, taste, aggression, noise and so on in masking social inequity and perpetuating its asymmetries are essentially what I tend to blog about.
Global Voices in English » Talking to Indian-Jamaican writer and blogger Annie Paul 2009
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What the robo-signed affidavits might be masking is this fact: that banks often do not have the right to pursue mortgage foreclosures in many of these cases.
Ray Brescia: Truth and Consequences: Loans, Lies and Notary Stamps Ray Brescia 2010
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What the robo-signed affidavits might be masking is this fact: that banks often do not have the right to pursue mortgage foreclosures in many of these cases.
Ray Brescia: Truth and Consequences: Loans, Lies and Notary Stamps Ray Brescia 2010
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You could check to see if the firing pins are stuck by putting a piece of thin masking tape on the back of some spent shells and see if the tape is marked or punctured.
Stupid Moves 2009
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What the robo-signed affidavits might be masking is this fact: that banks often do not have the right to pursue mortgage foreclosures in many of these cases.
Ray Brescia: Truth and Consequences: Loans, Lies and Notary Stamps Ray Brescia 2010
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The chocolate does a great job in masking/integrating the coffee taste.
Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006
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He adds amphetamines aid in masking fatigue, improving reaction time and, possibly, improving hand-eye coordination.
USATODAY.com - Positive test: Amphetamines make banned list 2005
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The neurodivergent tactic of masking (also known as camouflaging) has recently become better recognised, especially amongst women and girls (Attwood, 2007; Hendrickx, 2015; Egeskov, 2019).
Olfactory Overload: Knowing the Neurodivergent Nose Eva Surawy-Stepney 2023
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For instance, if you know what the term “masking” means (it is the term of art, popular particularly among some people with autism, for the act of portraying expected or socially sanctioned behavior), you may leave the booth in a bit of a crisis.
hernesheir commented on the word masking
(v): (cooking) the covering of a food with its appropriate sauce after plating, i.e., dished up for serving.
January 5, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word masking
Cf. raking-piece.
February 19, 2013