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mask (MASK) (noun)
1. A disguise or covering for the face: For the party, Dale decided to wear a mask that looked like a clown.
2. The image or copy of a face made by a mold: That's the mask of the famous composer which was made after he died.
3. A covering for the face to protect it from harm: When Rosario went to see the factory, she was asked to wear a mask so she wouldn't breath in the fumes.
mask (MASK) (verb)
1. To conceal or to hide: Shawn wore long sleeves to mask the fact that he was carrying a stick.
2. To reconfigure or to modify the size or shape of something: The photographer agreed to mask the photograph so it had a narrow border around it.
masque (MASK) (noun)
An entertainment typical of the 16th and 17th centuries in which the court actors disguised their faces and wore costumes expressing a moral, a religious, or some kind of political concept: The jesters planned a masque for the entertainment of the king.

When Rosie and Chad went to the masque, they each wore a different mask to cover rhwie faces; then, as the photographer was developing the pictures from the masque, she was careful to mask the scenery behind them, emphasizing how well each mask really did mask their individual identities.

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(Latin: specter, witch, mask, nightmare > Italian mascera > French, masque [covering to hide or to protect the face])
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