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to camouflage

to camouflage

16 5.9
To hide something by making it look like its surroundings
  • verb
  • /ˈkæməˌflɑːʒ/
: camuflar
  • To catch the prey, the hunter must camouflage himself against the natural surroundings.
  • well-camouflaged
  • efforts to camouflage

Now they're actually involved in manufacturing fake pain, pain medication and camouflaging or, or creating their own packaged pills.

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Examples

  • Beyond the hacienda, we see a military compound containing tents and three heavily camouflaged helicopter shelters.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Lila pulls off the road, drives to a place where the car will be camouflaged, and parks.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I lie perfectly still, as if I could camouflage myself in the empty room.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • We can if we're camouflaged.

  • Dust had almost perfectly camouflaged the truck, but not quite well enough.

    Academic text (2002)
  • But really, what I'm trying to do here is just to camouflage this a little bit so that it doesn't look so damaged.

  • Some marine creatures camouflaged in their environment.

  • We will remove the iron stove... the one that was camouflaging the trap door.

  • Japanese snipers expertly camouflaged in the dense brush take shots at the Marines.

  • The soldier wore a uniform that helped him camouflage with the trees and bushes around him.

Synonyms

to hide
vsto camouflage
∞ 1.0

To keep something so others cannot see or understand it

uses matching to surroundings to disguise rather than just putting out of sight
to cover up
vsto camouflage
454 3.7

To hide something so people cannot see or find out about it

focuses on blending with surroundings rather than hiding facts or objects
to conceal
vsto camouflage
179 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

does this by making things look like their surroundings to avoid detection
to mask
vsto camouflage
89 3.7

To cover part of something to hide or protect it

uses matching to surroundings rather than simply blocking recognition
to blend in
vsto camouflage
81 3.7

Be similar to people or things around you so you are not noticed

makes something match its surroundings to avoid detection
to cloak
vsto camouflage
70 5.1

To cover something so it is hard to see or understand

focuses on matching surroundings rather than general covering
to shroud
vsto camouflage
37 6.0

To cover something completely, often with a cloth

prefers making things look like their surroundings rather than full wrapping
to veil
vsto camouflage
14 5.0

To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it

aims to match surroundings rather than only hide or obscure form
to enshroud
vsto camouflage
  • Literature
3 8.2

To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it

relies on matching surroundings instead of fully wrapping or covering

Antonyms

∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

67 2.8

Make something visible by removing a cover or letting light reach it

How Hidden

to conceal
179 3.7
to obscure
84 7.0
to camouflage
16 5.9
to mask
89 3.7
to disguise
98 3.4
to blend in
81 3.7

Surface Forms

camouflage infinitive
camouflaged past participle
camouflaging present participle
camouflages third person singular

Etymology

Camouflage comes from the French camoufler 'to disguise', first used for hiding soldiers and equipment from the enemy. So to camouflage something is to hide it by making it look like the things around it.