camouflage

camouflage
1. noun
(lit. or fig.) Tarnung, die
2. transitive verb
(lit. or fig.) tarnen
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1. noun
(something, eg protective colouring, that makes an animal, person, building etc difficult for enemies to see against the background: The tiger's stripes are an effective camouflage in the jungle; The soldiers wound leaves and twigs round their helmets as camouflage.) die Tarnung
2. verb
(to conceal with camouflage.) tarnen
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camou·flage
[ˈkæməflɑ:ʒ, AM -flɑ:(d)ʒ]
I. n no pl
1. (also fig: act) Tarnung f a. fig
2. (means) Tarnung f; (colouring) Tarnbemalung f; (material) Verhüllung f
this cream is an excellent \camouflage for scars diese Creme macht Narben unsichtbar
II. n modifier (clothing, jacket, net) Tarn-
\camouflage paint Tarnfarbe f, Tarnanstrich m
III. vt
to \camouflage sb/sth/oneself jdn/etw/sich tarnen
\camouflaged advertising Schleichwerbung f
* * *
['kməflAːZ]
1. n (MIL)
Tarnung f; (fig) Tarnung f, Camouflage f (geh)

for camouflage — zur Tarnung

camouflage nets — Tarnnetze pl

2. vt (MIL fig)
tarnen

she smiled but it didn't camouflage her despair — ihr Lächeln konnte nicht über ihre Verzweiflung hinwegtäuschen

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camouflage [ˈkæmʊflɑːʒ; -mə-]
A s MIL, ZOOL Tarnung f, fig auch Verschleierung f:
camouflage measures Verschleierungsmaßnahmen;
camouflage paint Tarnfarbe f, -anstrich m
B v/t MIL tarnen, fig auch verschleiern
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1. noun
(lit. or fig.) Tarnung, die
2. transitive verb
(lit. or fig.) tarnen
* * *
n.
Tarnung -en f. v.
tarnen v.

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