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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
   • ▪ clothing or materials used as camouflage: "figures dressed in army camouflage"
   • ▪ the natural colouring or form of an animal which enables it to blend in with its surroundings: "the whiteness of polar bears provides camouflage" Similar protective colouringtechnical:cryptic colouringcryptic colorationmimicry
   • ▪ actions or devices intended to disguise or mislead: "much of my apparent indifference was merely protective camouflage" Similar facadefrontfalse frontsmokescreencover-updisguisemaskcloakblindscreenmasqueradeconcealmentdissimulationpretencesubterfuge

   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"
   • ▪ conceal the existence of (something undesirable): "grievances should be discussed, not camouflaged"

   Word Origin late 19th century (in sense ‘disguise, concealment’): French, from camoufler ‘to disguise’ (originally thieves' slang), from Italian camuffare ‘disguise, deceive’, perhaps by association with French camouflet ‘whiff of smoke in the face’. The military sense originated during the First World War.

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   What are the different types of camouflage?

   • Other forms: camouflaged; camouflaging; camouflages 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.”

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   What does it mean to camouflage?

   • To camouflage is to speak from within a shield, as you often say, to hide from the hunter's desire to unveil, unravel, capture, master, classify, subjugate, watch from above, place the full and final stop, thus fighting to escape the capturing movement of the hunter, of bounty or flesh.

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   What does camoufler mean?

   • Camoufler itself most likely comes from camouflet, meaning “puff of smoke” — a puff of smoke that makes it hard to see things. Camouflaged clothing certainly hides hunters from their prey, but the word can also be used in a more figurative sense, as in camouflaging criticism by veiling it as a backhanded compliment. "Camouflage."

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   Is camouflage a noun or noun?

   • Camouflage is also a noun . 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. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   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..

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   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:

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   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.”

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