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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 fortress by a superior force, while some
            hostile evolution is being carried out.
            [1913 Webster]

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  masking
       n 1: the act of concealing the existence of something by
            obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their
            guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering, screening]
       2: the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of
          another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure
          tones"
       3: scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the
          stage that should not be seen [syn: masking piece]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  masking
     n.
     The act by which something is masked; the act of mask#Verb, of
  concealing or disguising.
     vb.
     (present participle of en mask nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  masking
     n.
     The act by which something is masked; the act of mask#Verb, of
  concealing or disguising.
     vb.
     (present participle of en mask nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  masking
     n.
     The act by which something is masked; the act of mask#Verb, of
  concealing or disguising.
     vb.
     (present participle of en mask nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  masking
     n.
     The act by which something is masked; the act of mask#Verb, of
  concealing or disguising.
     vb.
     (present participle of en mask nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  masking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en mask ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb mask)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Masking /mˈaskɪŋ/
  الإخفاء

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  masking /mˈaskɪŋ/ 
  maskování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  masking /mˈaskɪŋ/
  abdeckend, verbergend, maskierend, tarnend
   see: mask, masked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  masking /mˈaskɪŋ/
  abklebend
   see: mask, masked, masks, masked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  masking /mˈaskɪŋ/
  ausblendend
     Synonyms: blinding out, masking out, masking off, stripping
  
   see: blind out, mask out, mask off, mask, strip sth., blinded out, masked out, masked off, masked, stripped
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  masking /mˈaskɪŋ/
  hinwegtäuschend
     Synonyms: disguising, obscuring, hiding, concealing
  
   see: disguise, obscure, hide, conceal, mask sth., disguised, obscured, hidden, concealed, masked
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  masking /mˈaskɪŋ/
  1. elfojtás
  2. burkolat
  3. fedés
  4. elnyomás
  5. álcázás
  6. eltakarás
  7. elfátyolozódás
  8. maszkírozás

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmæskɪŋ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.掩蔽,屏蔽

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 掩蔽

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