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mascherare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disguise noun Clothing, makeup, or other means used to hide one's identity or look like someone else.
  • feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
  • mask noun A covering worn over the face for disguise, protection, or costume.
  • sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
  • veneer noun A thin decorative layer of a finer material, usually wood, glued over a cheaper surface underneath.

Senses

mascherare is used for these senses in English:

  • disguise (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
  • feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
  • feign To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
  • mask (transitive) To disguise as something else.
  • sneak (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
  • veneer (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

disguise — full definition

  1. noun Clothing, makeup, or other means used to hide one's identity or look like someone else.
  2. verb To change how someone or something looks in order to hide their true identity.

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