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# camouflage

noun (camouflage — uncountable); verb (camouflage, camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging)

«camouflage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Camouflage is colours, patterns or shapes that help an animal or thing blend into its surroundings so it is hard to see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#m1)
2. To camouflage means to hide something by making it look like what is around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#m2)
3. Camouflage is the green and brown patterned clothing soldiers wear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on adaptation, pupils learn how animals use camouflage to hide from predators or prey: stick insects look like twigs, chameleons and octopuses change colour, polar bears are white like snow. Phrases: use camouflage, camouflaged against, camouflage gear.

### Examples

- The stick insect uses camouflage to look like a twig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x1)
- A polar bear's white fur is camouflage in the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x2)
- The chameleon changed colour to camouflage itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x3)
- The moth was camouflaged against the tree bark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x4)
- Soldiers wear camouflage in the jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x5)
- Can you spot the camouflaged frog in the picture? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x6)
- Zebras' stripes may confuse predators. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable noun: camouflage (not a camouflage). Spelling: ca-mou-flage, ending -age said like the s in measure. Myth: chameleons do not change colour just to match any background; they change mostly with mood, light and temperature.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «camouflage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«camouflage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/camouflage.html) on Mova free.