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 →

2) To disguise yourself is to change how you look so you are not known. tree →

3) To disguise something is to hide what it really is, like disguising a voice or a feeling. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• The children made 5 disguises for the play. tree →
• Each disguise needs 2 metres of cloth. tree →
• He wore a disguise of a pirate. tree →
• How many masks for the disguises? tree →
• The detective was in disguise with a fake beard. tree →
• In the story the wolf disguised himself as Grandma. tree →
• A stick insect is disguised as a twig. tree →
• She disguised her voice on the phone as a joke. tree →
• No one can attempt to disguise family descent. tree →

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.
• Toad of Toad Hall, going about the country disguised as a washerwoman!»
• Badger has also sent Otter, disguised as a chimney-sweep, to the back door.
• "A blessing in disguise" means a bad thing that may turn out to be good.
• Some April jokes are adverts in disguise.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disguise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.