[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/disguise/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / disguise # disguise noun (disguise, disguises); verb (disguise, disguises, disguised, disguising) «disguise» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A disguise is clothes, a mask or make-up that make you look like someone else so others do not know you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#m1) 2. To disguise yourself is to change how you look so you are not known. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#m2) 3. To disguise something is to hide what it really is, like disguising a voice or a feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths: a word of the story only; sometimes costumes or masks counted; in puzzles «a disguised number» means a hidden number to find. In stories: a spy or detective in disguise; a wolf disguised as a grandmother. In science: animals that disguise themselves with camouflage. Phrases: in disguise, wear a disguise, disguised as, a blessing in disguise. ### Examples - The children made 5 disguises for the play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x1) - Each disguise needs 2 metres of cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x2) - He wore a disguise of a pirate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x3) - How many masks for the disguises? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x4) - The detective was in disguise with a fake beard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x5) - In the story the wolf disguised himself as Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x6) - A stick insect is disguised as a twig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x7) - She disguised her voice on the phone as a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x8) - No one can attempt to disguise family descent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/#x9) ### Note Spelt with «gu»: dis-GUISE, the u is silent. «In disguise» = wearing one. Carries no clue; at most a thing counted. In puzzles, «a disguised number» means a hidden number to find. ## In Jewish tradition It means to change one's appearance so as not to be known, as kings and prophets do before battle. **Interpretation.** King Ahab disguises himself, hoping to avoid the fate a prophet foretold, but he is struck by a random arrow. The tradition reads this as showing that no one can hide from God's decree. ### Examples - So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x1) - And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. (Prophets 1KI.22.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x2) - And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle. (Writings 2CH.18.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x3) ### Note Spelt with «gu»: dis-GUISE, the u is silent. «In disguise» = wearing one. Carries no clue; at most a thing counted. In puzzles, «a disguised number» means a hidden number to find. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «disguise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disguise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«disguise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disguise.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «disguise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«disguise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/disguise.html) on Mova free.