MASK

Mask

A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body, so in parts of Australia giant totem masks cover the body, whilst Inuit women use finger masks during storytelling and dancing.

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M.A.S.K.

M.A.S.K. is an animated television series produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc and Kenner. The series was based on the M.A.S.K. action figures. It was animated in Asia by studios; KK C&D Asia, Studio Juno, Studio World, and Ashi Production.

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mask

Noun

  1. A mesh.
  2. The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Mash.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
    a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask
  2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
  3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show -
  4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
  5. A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
  6. In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
  7. A screen for a battery
  8. The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
  9. A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
  10. A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
  11. A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.

Verb

  1. To mash.
  2. To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
  3. To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To bewilder; confuse.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
  2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
  3. To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
  4. To cover or keep in check.
    to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
  5. To take part as a masker in a masquerade
  6. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
  7. To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
  8. To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.


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