disguise
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).
Inflected forms:
form: disguises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: disguises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disguising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disguised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disguised
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A cape and moustache completed his disguise.
hiding one's treacherous intentions under the guise of friendship
gloss: The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: old ideas in a new guise
gloss: The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
gloss: A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Spies often disguise themselves.
Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
The official Central News agency said a Nationalist patrol boat Dec. 28 captured six Communist spies disguised as fishermen as they approached within 1,000 yards of the Paichuan in a motorized fishing craft. They were taken to Matsu for questioning.
gloss: To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He disguised his true intentions.
gloss: To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the slip.
But my lord was angry, and being disguised with liquor too, he would not let him go till they played more; and play they did, and the luck still went the same way; […]
Synonyms: camouflage
mask
guise
pretense
garb
cloak
hide
Derived words: disguiseless
undisguise
disguisable
disguisedly
disguisement
disguiser
redisguise
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَنَكَّرَ
roman: tanakkara
lang: Bulgarian
word: маскирам
roman: maskiram
lang: Catalan
word: disfressar
lang: Czech
word: maskovat
lang: Czech
word: zamaskovat
lang: Czech
word: maskovat se
lang: Czech
word: zamaskovat se
lang: Czech
word: přestrojit
lang: Czech
word: přestrojit se
lang: Czech
word: převléci se
lang: Danish
word: forklæde
lang: Danish
word: maskere
lang: Dutch
word: vermommen
lang: Dutch
word: zich vermommen
lang: Dutch
word: verhullen
lang: Esperanto
word: alivesti
lang: Finnish
word: naamioida
lang: Finnish
word: naamioitua
lang: French
word: déguiser
lang: Galician
word: disfrazar
lang: German
word: verkleiden
lang: Hebrew
word: הסווה
roman: hisvá
lang: Hungarian
word: álcáz
lang: Interlingua
word: disguisar
lang: Italian
word: camuffarsi
lang: Italian
word: travestirsi
lang: Italian
word: mascherarsi
lang: Latin
word: dissimulō
lang: Macedonian
word: преправа
roman: preprava
lang: Macedonian
word: престорува
roman: prestoruva
lang: Norwegian
word: forkle
lang: Norwegian
word: maskere
lang: Portuguese
word: disfarçar
lang: Romanian
word: deghiza
lang: Romanian
word: masca
lang: Russian
word: маскирова́ться
roman: maskirovátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: замаскирова́ться
roman: zamaskirovátʹsja
lang: Spanish
word: disfrazar
lang: Spanish
word: revestir
lang: Spanish
word: disfrezar (disused)
lang: Spanish
word: devisar (disused)
lang: Spanish
word: poner bajo la figura de
lang: Spanish
word: empachar
lang: Turkish
word: kılık değiştirmek
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאַרשטעלן
roman: farshteln