Past tense of mask
regular verb
The past tense of mask is masked. The past participle is also masked.
Forms of mask
| Base form (V1) | mask /mɑːsk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | masked /mɑːskt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | masked /mɑːskt/ |
| Present participle | masking |
| Third person singular | masks /mɑːsks/ |
Masked in a sentence
- Some hardware interrupts can be masked, or disabled; that is, the CPU is told to ignore them.1998, Rick Grehan, Robert Moote, Ingo Cyliax, Real-Time Programming: A Guide to 32-bit Embedded Development, page 199
- When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn.From the entry in twain
- At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr.2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Kowloon
- Klunchun, a practitioner of khon, a form of classical Thai masked dance, who wanders serenely with Mr.2007 November 9, Jennifer Dunning, “Hear Them Talk and See Them Dance, Then Watch Their Cultures Clash”, in New York Times. From the entry khon
- Sandman looked up and saw the masked face of Spider-Man staring down at him.2007 March 7, Peter David, Spider-Man 3, New York: Pocket Books, pages 171–172. From the entry wallcrawler
Meaning of mask
- noun A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- noun That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- noun Appearance, likeness.
Questions about the past tense of mask
- What is the past tense of mask?
- The past tense of mask is masked.
- What is the past participle of mask?
- The past participle of mask is masked.
- Is mask a regular or irregular verb?
- Mask is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mask (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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