Masking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  masking
       n 1: the act of concealing the existence of something by
            obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their
            guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: {cover}, {covering}, {screening}]
       2: the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of
          another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure
          tones"
       3: scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the
          stage that should not be seen [syn: {masking piece}]