camouflage

cam|ou|flage¹ [ˈkæməfla:ʒ] n

[Date: 1900-2000; : French; Origin: camoufler 'to change the appearance of', from Italian camuffare]

1.) [U]

a way of hiding something, especially soldiers and military equipment, by using paint, leaves etc to make it look like the things around it

▪ soldiers learning camouflage technique

▪ the camouflage netting over the tanks

2.) [U]

the type of green and brown clothes, paint etc that soldiers wear to make themselves more difficult to see

▪ The men were dressed in camouflage and carrying automatic weapons.

▪ camouflage trousers

3.) [singular, U]

the way that the colour or shape of an animal protects it by making it difficult to see in the area in which it lives

▪ The whiteness of the arctic fox acts as camouflage , hiding it from its enemies.

4.) [singular, U]

behaviour that is designed to hide something

camouflage for

▪ Aggression is often a camouflage for insecurity.

camouflage ²

camouflage² v [T]

to hide something, especially by making it look the same as the things around it, or by making it seem like something else

camouflage sth with sth

▪ I saw a truck, heavily camouflaged with netting and branches.

▪ The strain she was under was well camouflaged by skilful make-up.