disguise
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 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
- 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
- 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.
- So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «disguise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.