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    camouflage
    /ˈkaməflɑː(d)ʒ/

    noun

    • 1. the disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings: "on the trenches were pieces of turf which served for camouflage" Similar disguiseconcealment

    verb

    • 1. hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage: "the caravan was camouflaged with netting and branches from trees"

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  2. the way that the colour or shape of an animal or plant appears to mix with its natural environment to prevent it from being seen and attacked: The lizard's light brown skin acts as (a) camouflage in the desert sand. zahoor salmi/Moment/GettyImages. [ S or U ]

  3. The meaning of CAMOUFLAGE is the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage; also : the disguise so applied. How to use camouflage in a sentence.

  4. Oct 19, 2023 · Camouflage, also called cryptic coloration, is a defense mechanism or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings. Organisms use camouflage to mask their location, identity, and movement.

  5. Camouflage definition: the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc..

  6. the way that the color or shape of an animal or plant appears to mix with its natural environment to prevent it from being seen and attacked: The lizard's light brown skin acts as (a) camouflage in the desert sand. zahoor salmi/Moment/GettyImages. [ S or U ] something that is meant to hide something, or behavior that is intended to hide the truth:

  7. Protective coloring or other appearance that conceals an animal and enables it to blend into its surroundings: The leopard's camouflage makes it blend in with the forest shadows.

  8. To camouflage is to disguise, and a camouflage is that which disguises — like the leaf-colored and patterned uniforms worn by soldiers who want to blend in with their natural surroundings. Camouflage evolved from the French camoufler, which was slang for “to disguise.”.

  9. The action or technique of disguising military vehicles, weapons, installations, or personnel; (also) the resulting state of concealment. Now also in more general use with reference to other situations requiring stealth, such as hunting. 1915.

  10. noun. /ˈkæməflɑːʒ/ [uncountable] a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of what is around or near them. a camouflage jacket (= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers) troops dressed in camouflage. He pulled the camouflage net over the entrance to the tent.

  11. Camouflage is the way in which some animals are coloured and shaped so that they cannot easily be seen in their natural surroundings. Their camouflage is enhanced by growths of algae on their fur.