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 →

2) To camouflage means to hide something by making it look like what is around it. tree →

3) Camouflage is the green and brown patterned clothing soldiers wear. tree →

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 →
• A polar bear's white fur is camouflage in the snow. tree →
• The chameleon changed colour to camouflage itself. tree →
• The moth was camouflaged against the tree bark. tree →
• Soldiers wear camouflage in the jungle. tree →
• Can you spot the camouflaged frog in the picture? tree →
• Zebras' stripes may confuse predators. tree →

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.
• Green algae grow in sloth fur and give camouflage among leaves, and moths live in the fur too.
• Camouflage is colouring that helps an animal blend in with its surroundings.

Trees and pragmatics

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