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[ mas-king, mah-sking ] / ˈmæs kɪŋ, ˈmɑ skɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR masking ON THESAURUS.COM
nounbacking (def. 4). Psychology. obscuring, partially or completely, one sensory process by another, as the dulling of the sense of taste by smoking. Origin of maskingFirst recorded in 1920–25; mask + -ing1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM maskingun·mask·ing, adjectiveWords nearby maskingmasked ball, masked gout, masked virus, masker, Maskil, masking, masking frame, masking piece, masking tape, maskinonge, masklike facies Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for maskingPart of the alias and the disguise is masking racism with the mechanisms of large, diverse institutions. How We Got to Ferguson—a Reading List|David Masciotra|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST I know from her students that the masking tape incident involved little more than hilarity. A Letter of Thanks to Michelle Rhee|Dmitri Mehlhorn|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The scenes of penetration are obscured with masking or blurring. Japan’s Desperate Housewives Opting for Adulterous Online Dating|Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I tried to find people that were really enthusiastic about dressing up and masking,” she says. A Doll’s Life: Laurie Simmons Explores Kigurumi|Ann Binlot|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“There are modern techniques for masking the walls,” he says. Turkish Islamism Meets Europe's Artistic Heritage|David Frum|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST With every intimate and silent throb of warning she shivered, responsive, masking her growing uncertainty with words. The Firing Line|Robert W. Chambers It was plain now even to me that she was masking them in a mood of lightness. The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton Then he sat down on the edge, masking his concern with a smile which obtained no response from the dreamy immobility of her eyes. Men might be fooled by the masking invisibility, but there was no deceiving a dog's keen nose! The Radiant Shell|Paul Ernst At Chatalja the trenches were masked with the stalks of the Turkish tobacco plants—about the only instance I saw of masking. The Balkan Peninsula|Frank Fox
British Dictionary definitions for masking
nounthe act or practice of masking psychol the process by which a stimulus (usually visual or auditory) is obscured by the presence of another almost simultaneous stimulus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to maskinghide, shield, conceal, camouflage, obscure, veil, cover up, protect, screen, cover, cloak, guard, dissemble, front, dissimulate, safeguard, defend, secrete, beard, dress up Medical definitions for masking
n.The concealment or the screening of one sensory process or sensation by another. An opaque covering used to camouflage the metal parts of a prosthesis. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |