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# disguise

«disguise» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **clothes, a mask or make-up that make you look like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (disguise, disguises); verb (disguise, disguises, disguised, disguising)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#m1)

2) To disguise yourself is to change how you look so you are not known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#m2)

3) To disguise something is to hide what it really is, like disguising a voice or a feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

- 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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x3)
- The children made 5 disguises for the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x4)
- Each disguise needs 2 metres of cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x5)
- He wore a disguise of a pirate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x6)
- How many masks for the disguises? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x7)
- The detective was in disguise with a fake beard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x8)
- In the story the wolf disguised himself as Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x9)
- A stick insect is disguised as a twig. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x10)
- She disguised her voice on the phone as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x11)
- No one can attempt to disguise family descent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/#x12)

### 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 the corpora

- [So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.766/)
- [Toad of Toad Hall, going about the country disguised as a washerwoman!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/13/)
- [Badger has also sent Otter, disguised as a chimney-sweep, to the back door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/4/)
- ["A blessing in disguise" means a bad thing that may turn out to be good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/13/)
- [Some April jokes are adverts in disguise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/440-april-fools-day/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disguise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disguise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.