camouflage 2 of 2 verb camouflaged; camouflaging : to hide or disguise by camouflage

camouflaged, camouflaging to disguise by means of camouflage. to camouflage ships by painting them gray. Synonyms: dissimulate, trick, deceive, mask, conceal, hide, dissemble verb (used without object)

He was surrounded by camouflaged soldiers. The buildings are carefully camouflaged under trees or dug into the sides of rocky hills.

Camouflaged animals and vehicles are readily given away by their shapes and shadows. A flange helps to hide the shadow and a pale fringe breaks up and averages out any shadow that remains.

If military buildings or vehicles are camouflaged, 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 …

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

Camouflaged clothing certainly hides hunters from their prey, but the word can also be used in a more figurative sense, as in camouflaging criticism by veiling it as a backhanded compliment.

camouflaged, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

The troops had camouflaged themselves so effectively that the enemy didn't notice them approaching. The tent was camouflaged to avoid detection by infiltrating enemy soldiers.

She camouflaged [= hid] her feelings well. It was impossible to camouflage the facts.