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camouflaged

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cam⋅ou⋅flage

  [kam-uh-flahzh] noun, adjective, verb, -flaged, -flag⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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 have from a distance the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.
2. concealment by some means that alters or obscures the appearance: Drab plumage provides the bird with camouflage against predators.
3. a device or stratagem used for concealment: His loud laughter is really camouflage for his basic shyness.
4. clothing made of fabric with a mottled design, usually in shades of green and brown, similar to that used in military camouflage.
–adjective
5. (of fabric or clothing) made with or having a mottled design similar to that used on military camouflage: a camouflage T-shirt.
–verb (used with object)
6. to disguise, hide, or deceive by means of camouflage: to camouflage ships by painting them gray.
–verb (used without object)
7. to use camouflage.
Origin:
1915–20; < F, equiv. to camoufl(er) to disguise (prob. a v. deriv. of camouflet; see camouflet ) + -age -age

Related forms:
cam⋅ou⋅flage⋅a⋅ble, adjective
cam⋅ou⋅flag⋅er, noun
cam⋅ou⋅flag⋅ic, adjective

Synonyms:
3. mask, blind, front, cover.
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cam·ou·flage   (kām'ə-fläzh', -fläj')   
n.  

  1. The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings.

  2. Concealment by disguise or protective coloring.

  3. Fabric or a garment dyed in splotches of green, brown, tan, and black so as to make the wearer indistinguishable from the surrounding environment.

v.   cam·ou·flaged, cam·ou·flag·ing, cam·ou·flag·es

v.   tr.

  1. To conceal by the use of disguise or by protective coloring or garments that blend in with the surrounding environment.

  2. To conceal, usually through misrepresentation or other artifice: camouflaged their hatred with professions of friendship. See Synonyms at disguise.

v.   intr.
To use protective coloring or garments for concealment.

[French, from camoufler, to disguise, alteration (influenced by camouflet, snub, smoke blown in one's face) of Italian camuffare.]
cam'ou·flag'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

camouflage 
1917, from Fr. camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from It. camuffare "to disguise," probably alt. by Fr. camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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