Definition of camouflage
1 : the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage; also : the disguise so applied
2a : concealment by means of disguise The rabbit's white fur acts as camouflage in the snow.b : behavior or artifice designed to deceive or hide hiding behind a camouflage of righteous indignation
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Examples of camouflage in a Sentence
The army tanks were painted green and brown for camouflage.
The rabbit's white fur acts as a camouflage in the snow.
Rabbits use their white fur as camouflage in the snow.
Her so-called charity work was a camouflage for her own self-interest.
His tough attitude served as camouflage.
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The Jefferson County Master Gardeners will have a show and tell of plants and insects with superhero traits, camouflage, night vision, shape-shifting and more.
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By book's end, everyone will wind up loving the camouflage-wearing, knife-carrying sociopath.
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In his defense strategy, Trump doesn’t rely on camouflage or prevarication so much as imagination.
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In his defense strategy, Trump doesn’t rely on camouflage or prevarication so much as imagination.
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By book’s end, everyone will wind up loving the camouflage-wearing, knife-carrying sociopath.
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The battle was filmed in what was once a Belfast quarry, drained, flattened out with 11,000 square meters of concrete and painted over with a camouflage effect—all of which took six months and required special ecological surveys.
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New research suggests that humpback whales use ____________ not only as a hunting tool, but also for communication, camouflage, and sexual stimulation.
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Another scene shows Belgian fighter, Abu Aisha, choosing between camouflage and khaki slacks.
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Origin and Etymology of camouflage
French, from camoufler to disguise
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Definition of camouflage
camouflaged
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transitive verb
: to conceal or disguise by camouflage The makeup camouflages blemishes.
intransitive verb
: to practice camouflage
Examples of camouflage in a Sentence
It was impossible to camouflage the facts.
camouflaged the military camp as a native village
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Terry uses humor as a way to camouflage his grief, while Emily is just the opposite: Her pain and rage are bristlingly on the surface.
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While Honda is only offering up camouflaged spy photos for public consumption, the new from the ground-up Accord design has a dramatically lower and wider appearance that creates a more aggressive and athletic stance.
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The museum had proposed camouflaging the rooftop equipment with a vertical green screen enclosure — a solution some residents found disappointing at a neighborhood meeting last month.
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Years later, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck would don Bruce Wayne’s camouflaging cape and cowl.
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Years later, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck would don Bruce Wayne's camouflaging cape and cowl.
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But instead, a yellow film of sulfur had formed on the edges of the lake, perfectly camouflaging the boat.
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Bloom was a rumpled and graying lawyer whose disheveled style camouflaged an intellect exercised on behalf of such luminaries as Martin Scorsese and Sylvester Stallone.
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Across the U.S., perhaps nowhere is student-on-student sexual assault as dismissed or as camouflaged as in boys' sports, an Associated Press investigation found.
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Origin and Etymology of camouflage
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Definition of camouflage
: made in colors or patterns typical of camouflage a camouflage jacket
Origin and Etymology of camouflage
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CAMOUFLAGE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of camouflage for English Language Learners
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: a way of hiding something (such as military equipment) by painting it or covering it with leaves or branches to make it harder to see
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: the green and brown clothing that soldiers and hunters wear to make them harder to see
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: something (such as color or shape) that protects an animal from attack by making the animal difficult to see in the area around it
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Definition of camouflage for English Language Learners
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: to hide (something) by covering it up or making it harder to see
CAMOUFLAGE Defined for Kids
Definition of camouflage for Students
1 : the hiding or disguising of something by covering it up or changing the way it looks The leopard has spots for camouflage.
2 : something (as color or shape) that protects an animal from attack by making it difficult to see in the area around it
Definition of camouflage for Students
camouflaged
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: to hide or disguise by covering or making harder to see
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