The lizards camouflage themselves by changing colour.I jumped out of the car and began to collect up fallen pine branches with which to camouflage the vehicle.Soldiers had camouflaged the trucks with branches and dirt.We camouflaged the plane by covering it with leaves.Before going amongst outlandish strangers, it may be sensible to camouflage oneself.In a desperate effort to camouflage falling rents and values landlords have been offering inducements to tenants.He had one of those poor beards, the kind that camouflage a slack jaw.Experienced researchers are wise to all the tricks used to camouflage a poorly prepared document, so do not encourage criticism.Entrances to the tunnels were carefully camouflaged.► see thesaurus at hide → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus camouflage The strain she was under was well camouflaged by skilful make-up. camouflage camouflage 2 verb HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE to hide something, especially by making it look the same as the things around it, or by making it seem like something else camouflage something with something I saw a truck, heavily camouflaged with netting and branches. Lee was pulling bits of twig through the camouflage net and going to the entrance all the time to look at Caspar.Equipment was checked once more and the Jocks paired off to arrange each other's camouflage.But like all good hunters going into the jungle, I needed camouflage.Marines in camouflage fatigues and grease paint, along with a few frogmen, boarded three rubber boats for Yudo Island.The stripes of the tiger provide important camouflage in its natural setting.We used leaves and sticks as camouflage.4 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE behaviour that is designed to hide something camouflage for Aggression is often a camouflage for insecurity. camouflage trousers 3 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE 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. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English camouflage cam‧ou‧flage 1 / ˈkæməflɑːʒ / noun 1 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE 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 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.

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