Mask
noun
A covering for all or most of the face, typically used to hide or protect it.
She wore a mask to protect herself from the virus.
Often appears as...
- wear a mask
- protective mask
noun
An image or pattern used to hide or protect certain areas when a picture is being edited on a computer.
I used a mask in Photoshop to hide the background.
Often appears as...
- apply a mask
- remove a mask
verb
Hide or disguise something.
She tried to mask her disappointment with a smile.
Often appears as...
- mask the pain
- mask the smell
noun
A likeness of a person's face, made of plaster or similar material, often used in drama or art.
He wore a grotesque mask in the theater play.
Often appears as...
- wear a mask
- make a mask
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Literary,Academic
noun
A cosmetic treatment applied to the face to improve the skin.
She applied a moisturizing mask to her face.
Often appears as...
- apply a mask
- face mask
noun
A covering for all or most of the face, typically used to hide or protect it.
She wore a mask to protect herself from the virus.
Often appears as...
- wear a mask
- protective mask
noun
An image or pattern used to hide or protect certain areas when a picture is being edited on a computer.
I used a mask in Photoshop to hide the background.
Often appears as...
- apply a mask
- remove a mask
verb
Hide or disguise something.
She tried to mask her disappointment with a smile.
Often appears as...
- mask the pain
- mask the smell
noun
A likeness of a person's face, made of plaster or similar material, often used in drama or art.
He wore a grotesque mask in the theater play.
Often appears as...
- wear a mask
- make a mask
Usage tips
Literary,Academic
noun
A cosmetic treatment applied to the face to improve the skin.
She applied a moisturizing mask to her face.
Often appears as...
- apply a mask
- face mask
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Protection or Disguise
The mask can signify safety or hiding one's identity.
Superheroes often wear masks to hide their true identities.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Masks have cultural meanings in festivals or traditions.
Masks are essential in the Venetian Carnival.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Metaphorically, 'mask' can imply false appearances or emotions.
He maintained a mask of calmness during the chaos.
Pro Tip 1/3Protection or Disguise
The mask can signify safety or hiding one's identity.
Superheroes often wear masks to hide their true identities.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Masks have cultural meanings in festivals or traditions.
Masks are essential in the Venetian Carnival.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Metaphorically, 'mask' can imply false appearances or emotions.
He maintained a mask of calmness during the chaos.
Pro Tip 1/3Protection or Disguise
The mask can signify safety or hiding one's identity.
Superheroes often wear masks to hide their true identities.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Masks have cultural meanings in festivals or traditions.
Masks are essential in the Venetian Carnival.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Metaphorically, 'mask' can imply false appearances or emotions.
He maintained a mask of calmness during the chaos.
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Video examples
How we must respond to...
we're seeing thousands of questions around these same lines. One, there's lots of people who are really interested to hear about the kind of work that you're doing with your foundation as far as distributing tests, but also producing safety gear, masks and that sort of thing, to help with this effort for health workers.
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How Do Homing Pigeons...
home this means they mask shifting is in another compass and we think that other compasses based on the Earth's magnetic field but it doesn't matter how many compasses you have unless you know where you are to begin with you won't know which direction to take so how does our humble pigeon do that that's a good
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Culture Heroes: Fredrik...
for many years as being kind of like, okay, that's a large cool mask, right? What does it mean? And you know without the context of knowing what it is, it was a little enigmatic. Still very cool but having the objects in a database that can be presented to anybody as, you know around the world.
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
And so, when it was the crazy thing. I don't know how many of you guys have had surgery, but -- you are so helpless, right? You're on this gurney and you're watching the ceiling go by, every time, it's always that, and right when they're putting the mask on you before you go to sleep,
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If There's a Gas Attack...
importance of properly securing a gas mask we have two different masks here the porter so this is if there's a gas attack like they had Syria she has adults of all ages 8 they get sick respiratory damage your nervous system mark a full-time firefighter
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Why you don’t like the...
And our voice is indistinguishable from how other people see us. It is a mask that we wear in society. But our relationship with our own voice is far from obvious. We rarely use our voice for ourselves; we use it as a gift to give to others.
Video examples
The battle of the Greek...
There is one actor stepping out of choral formation, assuming an independent role in this play. Can you make out who it is? That looks like Thespis. It seems he's changing his mask, and taking on the role of another character.
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What’s that ringing in...
is help people understand this auditory event, and develop neutral associations with these often-distressing sounds. For example, sound therapy uses noises like rain, birdsong, or music to mask tinnitus and reduce stress.
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How the pandemic will...
People have said that's really inappropriate, because this is a very serious thing. It is going to make people less willing to take a vaccine. And, of course, once we have that vaccine, it'll be like masks,
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Rediscovering ourselves...
a holy rage rise up it will say stand up inside your own skin unmask your unlived life feast on your animal heart and fasten your fist let loose the medicines from your own
Video examples
How we must respond to...
we're seeing thousands of questions around these same lines. One, there's lots of people who are really interested to hear about the kind of work that you're doing with your foundation as far as distributing tests, but also producing safety gear, masks and that sort of thing, to help with this effort for health workers.
Video examples
How Do Homing Pigeons...
home this means they mask shifting is in another compass and we think that other compasses based on the Earth's magnetic field but it doesn't matter how many compasses you have unless you know where you are to begin with you won't know which direction to take so how does our humble pigeon do that that's a good
Video examples
Culture Heroes: Fredrik...
for many years as being kind of like, okay, that's a large cool mask, right? What does it mean? And you know without the context of knowing what it is, it was a little enigmatic. Still very cool but having the objects in a database that can be presented to anybody as, you know around the world.
Video examples
Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
And so, when it was the crazy thing. I don't know how many of you guys have had surgery, but -- you are so helpless, right? You're on this gurney and you're watching the ceiling go by, every time, it's always that, and right when they're putting the mask on you before you go to sleep,
Video examples
If There's a Gas Attack...
importance of properly securing a gas mask we have two different masks here the porter so this is if there's a gas attack like they had Syria she has adults of all ages 8 they get sick respiratory damage your nervous system mark a full-time firefighter
Video examples
Why you don’t like the...
And our voice is indistinguishable from how other people see us. It is a mask that we wear in society. But our relationship with our own voice is far from obvious. We rarely use our voice for ourselves; we use it as a gift to give to others.
Video examples
The battle of the Greek...
There is one actor stepping out of choral formation, assuming an independent role in this play. Can you make out who it is? That looks like Thespis. It seems he's changing his mask, and taking on the role of another character.
Video examples
What’s that ringing in...
is help people understand this auditory event, and develop neutral associations with these often-distressing sounds. For example, sound therapy uses noises like rain, birdsong, or music to mask tinnitus and reduce stress.
Video examples
How the pandemic will...
People have said that's really inappropriate, because this is a very serious thing. It is going to make people less willing to take a vaccine. And, of course, once we have that vaccine, it'll be like masks,
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
a holy rage rise up it will say stand up inside your own skin unmask your unlived life feast on your animal heart and fasten your fist let loose the medicines from your own
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Haley Joel Osment
American Actor
The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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Julian McMahon
Australian Actor
So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense.
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Jacqueline Bisset
English Actress
A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
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Cara Delevingne
English Model
I never do anything to my hair. I just wash it. It tends to get dry, so I just try to put good, natural oils in it. I do a deep conditioning mask, which is quite good.
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Jerome Bruner
American Psychologist
There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the real meanings of a work of art.
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Gao Xingjian
Chinese Novelist
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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Eva Herzigova
Czechoslovakian Model
I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd rather spend it with my friends than on myself.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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Judd Nelson
American Actor
It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.
Quote examples
Haley Joel Osment
American Actor
The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
Quote examples
Julian McMahon
Australian Actor
So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Bisset
English Actress
A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.
Quote examples
Jim Morrison
American Singer
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
Quote examples
Cara Delevingne
English Model
I never do anything to my hair. I just wash it. It tends to get dry, so I just try to put good, natural oils in it. I do a deep conditioning mask, which is quite good.
Quote examples
Jerome Bruner
American Psychologist
There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the real meanings of a work of art.
Quote examples
Gao Xingjian
Chinese Novelist
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
Quote examples
Eva Herzigova
Czechoslovakian Model
I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd rather spend it with my friends than on myself.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Quote examples
Judd Nelson
American Actor
It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.
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