Masking

Quick meaning: Masking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of mask.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of mask.

More Meanings

1. The act by which something is masked; the act of masking, of concealing or disguising.
2. An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.
3. The practice of wearing safety masks, such as face masks.

Example Sentences

African Americans, particularly those who have to work and live in predominantly white spaces, also engage in masking.

Such things, maskings, and disguisings, and dressing up, sometimes in incredible and wild fashions, are all part of the fun of carnival.

“To function effectively in any social situation,” writes Booth, “we all engage in masking of one kind or another: we do some prettying up: we adorn, […]"

The vassals or tenants collected in the hall for Christmas masking and mumming—the peasant gathering that May-day called out upon the green, drew together ranks whose distance, in our day, occasions forgetfulness on one side, and discontent on the other.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for masking

Depending on context, synonyms include cover, concealing, screening, covering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include covering, cover, screening, concealing, camouflage, disguising.

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