Noun masking has 3 senses
  1. cover, covering, screening, masking - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
    --1 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
    Derived form: verb mask1
  2. masking - the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure tones"
    --2 is a kind of
    sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
  3. masking piece, masking - scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
    --3 is a kind of scenery, scene
,Verb mask has 4 senses
  1. dissemble, cloak, mask - hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
    --1 is one way to disguise
    Derived forms: noun mask2, noun masking1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. mask - put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween"
    --2 is one way to
    cover
    Antonyms: unmask
    Derived forms: noun mask4, noun mask3, noun mask1, noun masker1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. mask - cover with a sauce; "mask the meat"
    --3 is one way to
    cover
    Derived form: noun mask2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. mask, block out - shield from light
    --4 is one way to cover
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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