(~s, camouflaging, ~d)
1.
Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
They were dressed in ~ and carried automatic rifles.
...a ~ jacket.
N-UNCOUNT: also a N, oft N n
2.
If military buildings or vehicles are ~d, things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see them.
You won’t see them from the air. They’d be very well ~d...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
If you ~ something such as a feeling or a situation, you hide it or make it appear to be something different.
I think that there has been an attempt to ~ what really happened.
= conceal
VERB: V n
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Camouflage is also a noun.
The constant partygoing of her later years was a desperate ~ for her grief.
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
4.
Camouflage is the way in which some animals are coloured and shaped so that they cannot easily be seen in their natural surroundings.
N-UNCOUNT: also a N