adj
Meaning 1
Wearing a mask or masks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unmasked, maskless
Standard Lemma guide
masked
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /mɑːskt/
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US: /mæskt/
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rhymes with -ɑːskt
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rhymes with -æskt
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 S K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Characterized by masks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Concealed; hidden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Personate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of mask
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having markings suggestive of a mask
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the masked face of a raccoon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hidden agenda
- masked threat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cloaked, disguised
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English mask Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English masked From mask + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُقَنَّع (muqannaʕ) — wearing a mask or masks
- Catalan: emmascarat — wearing a mask or masks
- Esperanto: maskita — wearing a mask or masks
- French: masqué — wearing a mask or masks
- German: maskiert — wearing a mask or masks
- Hungarian: álarcos — wearing a mask or masks
- Norwegian Bokmål: maskert — wearing a mask or masks
- Portuguese: mascarado — wearing a mask or masks
- Romanian: mascat — wearing a mask or masks
- Spanish: enmascarado — wearing a mask or masks
- Ukrainian: маскований (maskovanyj) — wearing a mask or masks
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