Explain and Mask

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Mask and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mask" instead a verb "Explain".

Mask verb - To change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity.

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Explain and mask are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Mask".

Nearby Words: masked, masking, masker, maskable

purpose	explain purpose	mask purpose
nature	explain nature	mask nature
presence	explain presence	mask presence
appearance	explain appearance	mask appearance
Other words: plot, time, fact, way, feelings, times, origins, issues.

Initially he still wore his domino mask underneath the hood, but after enough people explain they already knew who he was he gives up the mask and wears only the hood.

Source: In the Hood
Frank turns out to be a real person wearing a rabbit mask, whom Donnie has never met before... which doesn't actually explain much.

Source: Surreal Symbolic Heads
Chekhov's Gun: During the planning of the Morocco mission, Benji suggests the use of the IMF's face-mask technology, only for Ilsa to explain that it's not sufficient for the task at hand.

Source: Film / Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

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