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# camouflage

«camouflage» in Mova's school dictionary: **colours, patterns or shapes that help an animal or thing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#m2)

3) Camouflage is the green and brown patterned clothing soldiers wear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/camouflage/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- [A penguin's black back and white belly are camouflage called countershading, which many fish and sharks have too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/10/)
- [Green algae grow in sloth fur and give camouflage among leaves, and moths live in the fur too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/8/)
- [Camouflage is colouring that helps an animal blend in with its surroundings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/27-habitats-and-adaptations/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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