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Camouflage   /kˈæməflˌɑʒ/   Listen
Camouflage

noun
1.
An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something.  Synonym: disguise.
2.
Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background.  Synonym: camo.
3.
Device or stratagem for concealment or deceit.
4.
The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance.  Synonym: disguise.
verb
1.
Disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something.





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"Camouflage" Quotes from Famous Books



... and intimate friend of the Kaiser, he left a letter with his will asking the German Government carefully to consider his wishes. He says plainly that all of the statements that Berlin never intended to annex Belgium were pure camouflage. He urges the Berlin office to flatly declare its purpose never to give up a foot of the Belgian coast nor an acre of the conquered territory of north ...
— The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon • Newell Dwight Hillis
... in there," said Blake, when they had drawn near and had discovered that the ruins of the concrete dugout had been covered with brush, to "camouflage" it from ...
— The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front - Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films • Victor Appleton
... is very interesting to note the increase of attention given to camouflage. It occurred to some one—the wonder is that it did not occur to him sooner—that a mud-coloured tiger, a tiger with a khaki skin, would be more visible, not less visible, than a tiger with its natural bright stripes. It was our seamen who first grasped the importance of this truth and ...
— A Padre in France • George A. Birmingham
... to say," asked the deputy, with a smile, "that in all this camouflage, as you call it, M. de Gorne the elder would act as ...
— The Eight Strokes of the Clock • Maurice Leblanc
... walking through the back yard of the hotel whistling shrilly "Yankee Doodle." It happened that his father was an ex-Confederate and "Dixie" was more to the boy's taste, but he enjoyed the flavor of the camouflage he was employing. It fitted into his new role of Bud Proctor, Scout of ...
— A Man Four-Square • William MacLeod Raine


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