I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
death mask
gas mask
masked ball
masking tape
oxygen mask
stocking mask
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Inside the car was a man in a black leather mask .
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So he dons black cape and mask and finds romance and adventure as El Zerro!
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A woman in her mid forties was dragged into bushes by a man wearing a black stocking mask .
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They wore black masks and held what were meant to look like large axes, from medieval times.
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During camera rehearsals earlier in the day he was able to cut out, align and stick down his black cardboard mask .
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They wore black boots, green military fatigues, had their faces covered with black ski masks and carried automatic weapons.
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The attacker was described as white, wearing dark clothes and a black mask .
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Some children may therefore adopt a black mask which they wear fiercely but weakly.
white
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But can the child transcend the blackness and wear the white mask with pride?
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Janet Flanner, cross-legged on the floor, top hat decorated with one black, one white mask .
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Benjamin spun round, his face a white mask in the darkness.
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Her face was a white powder mask with black eye make-up and black lip gloss.
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He looked extremely unhealthy; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask .
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The next moment Miss Kilspindie's front door opened and a white mask surmounted by a minefield of curlers peered out.
■ NOUN
death
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The body is dressed in jewelled vestments, the face covered with a silver mask fashioned from a wax death mask.
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It also includes a grainy, retouched photograph of the man holding the death mask in his hands.
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The whereabouts of Flaxman's death mask was not known, and nothing came of the suggestion.
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There is the coroner from Philadelphia, Gold, with the death mask of the little boy.
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A death mask of pieces badly assembled.
face
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His speciality - opening his face mask to reveal the electronic workings of his head - had the audience gasping.
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He was holding, grabbing guys by the face mask , leg-whipping.
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They are protected from head to foot with face masks , caps and white gowns.
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It was such a cold month that his mom would not let him sit outside without his Yogi Bear face mask .
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Our Oatmeal and Avocado face mask will absorb any impurities or excess oils from your skin.
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He positioned his face mask then pulled up his hood.
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Wear a face mask when removing this type of system.
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Simply smear on a generous amount over your skin after cleansing to make a revitalising face mask .
gas
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They took gas masks and attached grenades to their belts.
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Delaney snapped on his gas mask .
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Some even began wearing gas masks to block the suspicious fumes.
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Heard him say that sirens were blowing and people were donning gas masks and moving into sealed rooms.
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While they all wore gas masks , none were tightly clothed, and none wore gloves.
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Every child had a gas mask and a suitcase, or paper parcel.
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Everywhere I went, I carried the gas mask I had purchased on the black market.
oxygen
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They placed an oxygen mask on my love and dared me to count up to ten.
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The shock was terrific, he gasped into his oxygen mask , his hands clenching involuntarily.
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He told me that the oxygen mask had pulled away from my face some, and that I was probably just blacking out.
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But he saw nothing, nothing but dark sky: The oxygen mask was filled with sweat.
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It felt good sitting there with the oxygen mask off and not having to worry about flak.
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They coaxed everything from pygmy mice to snakes to cheetahs into running on a treadmill while wearing an oxygen mask .
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He remembered his oxygen mask and placed it over his mouth after removing the smog mask.
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The car with its whirring air conditioning was like an oxygen mask .
ski
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He is of slim to medium build and was wearing a dark ski mask .
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An early police report said the men had been wearing ski masks .
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They were later seen wearing ski masks and driving the vehicles across the Denes area.
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Pappas was shot by two men wearing ski masks .
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The girl has told officers her attacker was taller than her and wore a ski mask .
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The rapist had worn a ski mask , but she knew his approximate height and his coloring.
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They wore black boots, green military fatigues, had their faces covered with black ski masks and carried automatic weapons.
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In winter he wears up to four layers of clothing, a ski mask , gloves.
stocking
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A woman in her mid forties was dragged into bushes by a man wearing a black stocking mask .
■ VERB
pull
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On impulse, and against his better judgment, he pulled off his own mask .
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After a few minutes, they were ordered to pull their masks back and take a whiff.
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A second lay on the floor, writhing and trying to pull the mask off his face.
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He pulled the mask forward slowly, relying for his protection on Forster while he was temporarily blinded.
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Don't try and pull off your mask .
put
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George frowned as he put his mask neatly in the brown carrier bag before driving home.
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They put on gloves and masks to remove strips of insulation in the loft.
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When insulted, they stripped to the waist, put on hideous driftwood masks and sang nasty songs at each other.
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She had them put an oxygen mask over Matthew's face immediately.
remove
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The man fell against the altar, trying to remove the mask from his face.
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Posing in a tableau, they artfully remove their masks , only to reveal more masks underneath.
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He remembered his oxygen mask and placed it over his mouth after removing the smog mask.
use
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Williams and Bailey recently described using a reinforced laryngeal mask for adenotonsillectomy.
wear
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As I said she wore a mask , and a rich black cloak with white lambswool trimmings.
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Some even began wearing gas masks to block the suspicious fumes.
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Sir, if that was my master, why was he wearing a mask over his face?
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They wear custom, low-volume masks .
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The demonic figures wearing ugly masks and straw and brushwood clothes are intended to scare away evil spirits.
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The tribesmen assumed the names of beasts and in their rites wore animal masks .
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You will need to think carefully about modifiers for wearing a mask .
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They appeared with starlets at cabarets, guested on game shows and even flirted with politics, always wearing their masks .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In Japanese Kabuki theater, the actors wear special masks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the Spinning Wheel Puppets exhibit, children can create masks and puppets.
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But can the child transcend the blackness and wear the white mask with pride?
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His face was a mask , friendly, but in an impersonal way.
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I put my hand over my nose and mouth like a surgical mask just in case I inhaled any of Senga.
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Keep the gondola, the mask too.
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Workers in surgical masks are running a hydraulic compressor and tractor-trailer drivers are warming up their big rigs.
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You will need to think carefully about modifiers for wearing a mask .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fact
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This generalisation, however, masks the fact that there are considerable variations from country to country in each of these regions.
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And that masks the fact that most of the growth occurred from 1960 to 1975.
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This recent reduction should not mask the fact that casualties in this age group still exceed the 1981-85 baseline.
gas
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Is wearing a gas mask the only way you can open the refrigerator without gagging?
reality
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There is a danger that a concentration on spatial manifestation masks the realities of social processes, that space itself is fetishised.
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The illusion of a company orientation masks the reality of behaviors designed to achieve personal objectives.
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The problem with modernity, Enlightenment man's home is that it masks the reality of his hopelessness from him.
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In most cases, a clever illusion masks a different reality .
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But the words masked the meaning and reality from the crowds of fallen men and angels who were awaiting the final denouement.
■ VERB
use
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Veneers were used only to mask carpentry mistakes.
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In an age when many shops use decals or masking tape and spray paint, Olin still paints his pinstripes by hand.
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They can be used to mask more controversial issues in the same way as usage of the labels purpose or reasonableness.
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Officers feared the boy had been killed and that cleanser was used to mask the smell.
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She had used make-up skilfully to mask her bruise, and with the subdued stage light it was scarcely visible.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His public image masked a history of divorce and family problems.
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Small children find it hard to mask their emotions.
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The wall can be cleaned of graffiti and masked by vegetation.
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Throughout history, herbs and spices have masked odors and unpleasant flavors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All of this mumbo-jumbo masks a large vacuum of uncertainty.
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And he thinks the gloss that surrounds some 4AD groups is only there to mask the lack of real songs.
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It occurred to her that her inability to contemplate changing her teaching methods might mask an actual inability to change them.
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It reflects the inviolability of family life that in our society helps to mask the darker side of caring and dependency.
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Quiet reaction in camps masks desperation of boat people.
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Some may mask instead of eliminate the odor, and others are not safe for use around food.
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To deny our depression, to mask it, or to try to escape it for ever leads to misery.