Mask vs On - What's the difference?
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A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
* (rfdate) :
(obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
(fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(fortification) A screen for a battery
(zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
(Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
(computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
(computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, IV,vi :
To disguise; to cover; to hide.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare, Macbeth, III-i :
(military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(military) To cover or keep in check.
To take part as a masker in a masquerade
To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
(computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
* 1993 , Richard E. Haskell, Introduction to computer engineering (page 287)
(computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
* 1998 , Rick Grehan, ?Robert Moote, ?Ingo Cyliax, Real-time programming: a guide to 32-bit embedded development
To mash.
(brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
Performing according to schedule.
(UK, informal) Acceptable, appropriate.
(informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
(baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
To an operating state.
Along, forwards (continuing an action).
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In continuation, at length.
(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman; leg.
(not US) Later.
Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
* Longfellow
At or near; adjacent to.
Covering.
At the date of.
Some time during the day of.
Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
Touching; hanging from.
(informal) In the possession of.
Because of, or due to.
Immediately after.
Paid for by.
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Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
(senseid) Regularly taking (a drug).
(senseid) Under the influence of (a drug).
(mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
(mathematics) Having as domain and V'' as codomain, for some set ''V'' and integer ''n .
(mathematics) Generated by.
Supported by (the specified part of itself).
At a given time after the start of something; .
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In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
(obsolete) of
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
(obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
* Dryden
In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
By virtue of; with the pledge of.
To the account of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 25
As nouns the difference between mask and on
is that mask is a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection or mask can be a mesh or mask can be mash while on is lamb.As a verb mask
is to cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor or mask can be to mash or mask can be to bewilder; confuse.mask
English
(wikipedia mask)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . . * Derived from the -r- form: (etyl) maschera, (etyl) and (etyl) , (etyl) masker, (etyl) masquerade. * Derived from the form lacking -r- : German Maske and Swedish mask.Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- a dancer's mask'''; a fencer's '''mask'''; a ball player's '''mask
- (Francis Bacon)
- This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask .
Hyponyms
* (a cover for the face) (l), (l)Derived terms
* dust mask * death mask * gas mask, gasmask * mask house(qualifier) * screen mask * unmaskVerb
(en verb)- They must all be masked and vizarded
- Masking the business from the common eye
- to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
- (Cavendish)
- (Shakespeare)
- That is, the lower nibble (the 4 bits 1010 = A) has been masked to zero. This is because ANDing anything with a zero produces a zero, while ANDing any bit with a 1 leaves the bit unchanged
- When should you mask a specific interrupt, rather than disabling all interrupts?
Etymology 2
From (etyl) maske, from (etyl) max, .Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Etymology 4
From (etyl) masken, short for . More at (l).References
Anagrams
* ----on
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), , see (m).Adjective
(-)- Are we still on for tonight?
- Is the show still on ?
- right on'''''; ''bang '''on'''''; ''not '''on
- "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ?"You're on !"
- Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
Synonyms
* base (not informal)Adverb
(-)- turn the television on
- drive on''', rock '''on
- and so on .
- He rambled on''' and '''on .
- Ten years on nothing had changed in the village.
Antonyms
* off * (to an operating state) off * (later) after, afterward/afterwards, later, subsequently, thencePreposition
(English prepositions)- I stood on the bridge at midnight.
- Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
- The fleet is on the American coast.
- to play on a violin or piano
- Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
- a function on V
- an operator on V
- heaps on heaps of food
- mischief on''' mischief; loss '''on loss
- (Shakespeare)
- Be not jealous on me.
- Or have we eaten on the insane root / That takes the reason prisoner?
- I depended on them for assistance.
- He will promise on certain conditions.
- Do you ever bet on horses?
- Have pity or compassion on him.
- Hence, on thy life.
- He is on''' a newspaper; I am '''on the committee.
- He affirmed or promised on''' his word, or '''on his honour.
- On us be all the blame.
- A curse on him!
- His blood be on' us and ' on our children.