masked
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- masqued (archaic)
Verb [edit]
masked
- simple past tense and past participle of mask
Adjective [edit]
masked (comparative more masked, superlative most masked)
- Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
- (botany) personate
- (zoology) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
Derived terms [edit]
- masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks
- masked battery (Militaru): a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire - H. L. Scott
- masked crab (Zoölogy): a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face
- masked pig (Zoölogy): a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed