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mask off

mask off verb: synonym of mask (“shield from paint or copying, etc.”).

Verb

mask off (third-person singular simple present masks off, present participle masking off, simple past and past participle masked off)

  1. Synonym of mask (“shield from paint or copying, etc.”).
    • The labour cost of this type of paint job comes more from the time it takes to painstakingly mask things off than from the time it takes to spray the paint.
    Synonyms:
    mask

Adjective

mask off (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Showing one's true unpleasant nature.

Synonyms of mask off

Forms of mask off

third-person singular presentmasks off
present participlemasking off
past participlemasked off
pastmasked off

Questions about mask off

What does mask off mean?
Mask off means synonym of mask (“shield from paint or copying, etc.”).
What part of speech is mask off?
Mask off can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of mask off?
The past tense of mask off is masked off.

Words near mask off in the dictionary

  1. mask
  2. mask acne
  3. mask house
  4. mask houses
  5. mask of pregnancy
  6. mask off
  7. mask shell
  8. mask shells
  9. mask up
  10. mask work
  11. mask works

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