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mask



mask
masque


Définitions

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mask
     1. n. Masque.
           Gas mask.
     2. v. Masquer
anglais > anglais
mask
     1. n. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
           a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask
     2. n. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
     3. n. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
     4. n. A person wearing a mask.
     5. n. (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
     6. n. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
     7. n. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
     8. n. (fortification) A screen for a battery
     9. n. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
     10. n. (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasiz
     11. n. (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
     12. n. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
     13. n. (heraldiccharge) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
     14. v. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
     15. v. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
     16. v. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
     17. v. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
           to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
     18. v. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade
     19. v. (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
     20. v. (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
     21. v. (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
     22. n. A mesh.
     23. n. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
     24. n. (UK dialectal) Mash.
     25. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
     26. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
     27. v. (transitive, Scotland dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
     28. v. (UK dialectal, Scotland) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
     29. v. (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
français > anglais
masque
     1. n-m. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
     2. n-m. short for, masque de grossesse

Prononciation

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Exemples de phrases

He can mask his feeling if the occasion calls for it. 
    Il peut dissimuler ses sentiments si les circonstances le demandent.
The world is a grand ball in which everyone wears a mask. 
    Le monde est un grand bal où chacun est masqué.
He wore a mask so no one would recognize him. 
    Il portait un masque, de telle manière que personne ne pourrait le reconnaître.
My mom looked funny with a mud mask on her face and rollers in her hair. 
    Ma mère avait l'air drôle avec un masque d'argile sur le visage et des bigoudis dans les cheveux.
Give a man a mask and he'll tell the truth. 
    Donne un masque à un homme et il dira la vérité.



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