English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of mask

mask

/noun/ मुखौटा; मास्क; नक़ाब; परदा; आवरण; मुखावरण; चेहरा; साँचा; गैस-मस्क; नकाब; मुखच्छद; ;
/verb/छिपाना; छिपा देना; अलग करना; पृथक करना; परदा डालना;

Synonym facade; domino; veil; curtain; cover; veneer; face; mold; gas mask; naqab; hide; secrete;

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English Dictionary:

1. Mask

[n.]

- 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.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
- A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
- A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
- In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- A screen for a battery.
- The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

2. Mask

[v. i.]

- To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

3. Mask

[v. t.]

- To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- To disguise; to cover; to hide.
- To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- 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.