masked : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: masked	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for masked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
masked adj having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" Synonym(s): cloaked, disguised, masked having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Masking}.] 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak. 2. To disguise; to cover; to hide. Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak. 3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Masked \Masked\, a. 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. {Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. {Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott. {Masked crab} (Zo[94]l.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. {Masked pig} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed.