masks is a form of:
Mask
noun
- 1.
- (anything that disguises or conceals, especially a covering worn over the face (or part of it) as a disguise or for protection, anything that conceals or disguises, a molded likeness of the face, a protective covering for the face, a covering for the mouth and nose, the face of a dog, fox, etc) party mask របាំងមុខ
Example: Each dancer took off his mask at midnight, Clouds masked the moon.mask for his true feelings គ្រឿងលាក់បាំង - 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) របស់សំរាប់គ្របឬបាំងមុខ
verb — past tense: masked ; past participle: masked ; present participle: masking ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to conceal) mask one's face ពាក់បាំងមុខ, mask one's feelings លាក់
Example: The thief masked his face with a stocking.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, 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 dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- 9.
- A person wearing a mask; a masker.
- 10.
- The head or face of a fox.
verb — past tense: masked ; past participle: masked ; present participle: masking ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
- 1.
- cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, hide, screen, secrete, suppress, veil, withhold
- 1.
- disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncover