masked

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masked

(măskt)

adj.

1. Wearing a mask.

2. Disguised or concealed as if by a mask: masked emotions.

3. Latent or hidden, as a symptom or disease.

4. Botany Personate.

5. Zoology

a. Having markings in the shape of a mask on the head or face.

b. Having the anatomy of the next developmental form outlined beneath the integument, as in certain insect pupae.

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masked

(mɑːskt)

adj

1. disguised or covered by or as if by a mask

2. (Botany) botany another word for personate

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

masked

(mæskt, mɑskt)

adj.

1. using or wearing a mask.

2. disguised; hidden: masked treachery.

3. having facial markings that resemble a mask, as a raccoon.

[1575–85]

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Adj.	1.	masked - having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" cloaked, disguised covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
	2.	masked - having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon" marked - having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads"

Translations

مُتَنَكِرٌ

maskovaný

maskeret

naamioitu

maskiran

マスクをした

마스크를 쓴

zakrinkan

maskerad

ที่ใส่หน้ากาก

maskeli

che mặt

戴面具的

masked

[mɑːskt]

A. ADJ → enmascarado; [terrorist, attacker] → encapuchado

B. CPD masked ball N → baile m de máscaras

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

masked

[ˈmɑːskt] adj [person] → masqué(e)
a masked man → un homme masquémasked ball n → bal m masquémasking tape n → ruban m de masquage

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

masked

adj → maskiert

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

masked

→ مُتَنَكِرٌ maskovaný maskeret maskiert μασκοφορεμένος enmascarado naamioitu masqué maskiran mascherato マスクをした 마스크를 쓴 gemaskerd maskert zamaskowany mascarado замаскированный maskerad ที่ใส่หน้ากาก maskeli che mặt 戴面具的

mask·ed

a. enmascarado-a; oculto-a.

References in classic literature ?

Then the two wings of the window facing the square had been thrown open, and the people had seen silently advancing from the interior of the vast chamber, first, a masked man, who, carrying an axe in his hand, was recognized as the executioner.

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This ball was an exceptional affair, given some time before Shrovetide, in honor of the anniversary of the birth of a famous draftsman; and it was expected to be much gayer, noisier, more Bohemian than the ordinary masked ball.

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"How unfortunate that you were masked, Albert," said Franz; "here was an opportunity of making up for past disappointments."

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"It is no jest," replied in a deep voice the masked figure that held the lantern.

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How all regarded the happy dancer, how many envied him the high favor; how increased curiosity, who the masked knight could be.

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It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the Prince Prospero entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence.

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Women were playing; they were masked, some of them; this license was allowed in these wild times of carnival.

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The count stood like one changed to stone, and turning to the bewildered crowd, Ferdinand added, with a gay smile of triumph, "To you, my gallant friends, I can only wish that your wooing may prosper as mine has done, and that you may all win as fair a bride as I have by this masked marriage." S.

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"So they always acquit; and then a MAN goes in the night, with a hundred masked cowards at his back and lynches the rascal.