CAMOUFLAGE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of camouflage in English camouflagenoun uk /ˈkæm.ə.flɑːʒ/ us /ˈkæm.ə.flɑːʒ/ Add to word list Add to word list [ U ] the use of leaves, branches, paints, and clothes for hiding soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them: a camouflage jacket   andreafidone/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages [ S or U ] 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 ] something that is meant to hide something, or behaviour that is intended to hide the truth: Using smoke as (a) camouflage, the army advanced up the hill. He believed that her kindness was merely a camouflage for her real intentions. The armed forces generally

• absent without leave
• anti-military
• army
• AWOL
• CAO
• casualty assistance officer
• casualty notification officer
• dog tag
• echelon
• French Foreign Legion
• guard
• non-military
• outmarch
• paramilitary
• psych ops
• quarter
• quick march! idiom
• the armed forces
• the military-industrial complex
• the National Guard

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Descriptions of animal (non-human) markings Hiding and disguising camouflageverb [ T ] uk /ˈkæm.ə.flɑːʒ/ us /ˈkæm.ə.flɑːʒ/ to use leaves, branches, paints, or clothes to hide soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them: The troops had camouflaged themselves so effectively that the enemy didn't notice them approaching. The tent was camouflaged to avoid detection by infiltrating enemy soldiers. (of an animal or plant) to have a colour or shape that makes it appear to mix with its natural environment so that it cannot be seen or attacked: Often albino animals don't live long since they are unable to camouflage themselves. Textbooks use pictures of peppered moths camouflaged on tree trunks as evidence for natural selection. to hide something, or to hide the truth about something: He camouflaged the payments by listing them as "building materials". Some industries' losses are camouflaged by gains in other industries. Hiding and disguising

• be holed up idiom
• booby trap
• camo
• camouflaged
• cloak
• drown
• fig leaf
• hit the deck idiom
• hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb
• illusion
• illusionistically
• illusively
• secrete
• shroud
• shut someone/something out phrasal verb
• sidle
• skulk
• smokescreen
• stash
• tuck

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Descriptions of animal (non-human) markings (Definition of camouflage from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

camouflage | American Dictionary

camouflagenoun [ U ] us /ˈkæm·əˌflɑʒ, -ˌflɑdʒ/ Add to word list Add to word list a condition in which the appearance of someone or something when placed against a background makes the person or thing difficult or impossible to see: The leafhopper is a little green insect that uses camouflage to blend in with the colors of the leaves. In military use, camouflage is an appearance designed to hide soldiers and equipment on the ground, esp. from being seen by enemy aircraft, by making them look like their surroundings. camouflageverb [ T ] us /ˈkæm·əˌflɑʒ, -ˌflɑdʒ/ to hide soldiers and equipment on the ground from enemies by making them look like their surroundings: The guns are dug in and camouflaged. fig.Her quiet voice camouflages the fierce competitor within her. (Definition of camouflage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of camouflage

camouflage Occasionally, culturally camouflaged informers helped achieve significant results. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, their dominance camouflages cultural differences in the perception of the historical landscape and local practices of historical identity. From the Cambridge English Corpus We hypothesized that receipt of involved- suppor tive parenting would be negatively associated with camouflaging self-presentations and preoccupation with peer group acceptance. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, conversation must not be so purely formal that the truth, if disagreeable, becomes camouflaged. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, the fetishization of machines in the culture of technology, like the fetishization of the commodity, camouflages the necessary activity of skilled workers. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, we explored an ancillary hypothesis that suppor tive sibling relationships would occasion more similarity in siblings' externalizing symptoms, internalizing symptoms, camouflaging self-presentations, and concern about peer acceptance. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this study, we tested the hypothesis that camouflaging one's academic abilities or interests is a risk factor for the development of externalizing and internalizing symptoms. From the Cambridge English Corpus After the experiments, stimulation ar tifacts were camouflaged in the broadband data by substituting ar tifact data samples by a linear interpolation between the adjacent time windows. From the Cambridge English Corpus Existing research has not focused on the pathways through which camouflaging self-presentations and concern about peer acceptance may act as risk factors for the development of externalizing symptoms. From the Cambridge English Corpus As with externalizing symptoms, we analyzed a model that included direct paths from older and younger siblings' camouflaging self-presentations and preoccupation with peer acceptance to their internalizing symptoms. From the Cambridge English Corpus Oceans and vegetation on land have camouflaged warming by absorbing more than half of man-made emissions so far. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English How many inter-union disagreements have been camouflaged by some other description? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The debate is camouflaged with an enormous amount of political correctness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is true of the ordinary citizen camouflaged in blue is equally true of the ordinary citizen camouflaged in khaki. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same nicely concealed camouflaged terminology is always used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of camouflage These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of camouflage?

Translations of camouflage

in Chinese (Traditional) （軍事）掩護，隱蔽，偽裝, （動植物的）保護色，保護形狀, 掩飾… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （军事）掩护，隐蔽，伪装, （动植物的）保护色，保护形状, 掩饰… See more in Spanish camuflaje, trajes de camuflaje, camuflar… See more in Portuguese camuflagem, camuflar, camuflagem [feminine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian カモフラージュ, 迷彩（めいさい）, 擬態（ぎたい）… See more kamuflaj, gizleme, kamuflaj yapmak… See more camouflage [masculine], mimétisme [masculine], se camoufler… See more camuflatge, camuflar… See more camouflage, camoufleren… See more maskování, (za)maskovat… See more camouflage, camouflere… See more penyamaran, menyamarkan… See more การอำพราง, อำพราง… See more ngụy trang… See more kamuflaż, kamuflować… See more kamouflage, kamouflera… See more penyamaran, menyamarkan… See more die Tarnung, tarnen… See more kamuflasje [masculine], kamuflere, kamuflasje… See more 위장, 속임수를 쓰다, 위장막을 치다… See more камуфляж, маскування, маскувати(ся)… See more mimetizzazione, mimetizzare, mascheramento… See more Need a translator?

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