mask vs purple

mask

noun
  • Mash. 

  • The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag. 

  • A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. 

  • That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. 

  • A person wearing a mask. 

  • A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask. 

  • A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image. 

  • mesh 

  • The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. 

  • In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. 

  • A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade. 

  • The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears. 

  • A social phenomenon where autistic people learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical. 

  • A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image. 

  • A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like. 

  • A screen for a battery. 

verb
  • To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask. 

  • To bewilder; confuse. 

  • To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide. 

  • To conceal or disguise one's autism. 

  • To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew. 

  • To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit. 

  • To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor. 

  • To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. 

  • (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort. 

  • To take part as a masker in a masquerade. 

  • to cover or shield a part of a design or picture in order to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting 

  • To mash. 

  • To disguise as something else. 

  • To cover or keep in check. 

  • To wear a mask. 

  • To be infused or steeped. 

purple

noun
  • Purpura. 

  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

adj
  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

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