disguise

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dis|guise /dɪsg'aɪz/ (disguises disguising disguised)
1 [N-VAR] oft in N
If you are in disguise, you are not wearing your usual clothes or you have altered your appearance in other ways, so that people will not recognize you.
You'll have to travel in disguise...
He was wearing that ridiculous disguise...
2 [VERB] V pron-refl as n, also V pron-refl
If you disguise yourself, you put on clothes which make you look like someone else or alter your appearance in other ways, so that people will not recognize you.
She disguised herself as a man so she could fight on the battlefield.
● disguised [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ as n
The extremists entered the building disguised as medical workers...
3 [VERB] V n
To disguise something means to hide it or make it appear different so that people will not know about it or will not recognize it.
He made no attempt to disguise his agitation...
● disguised [ADJ]
This is lust thinly disguised as love.
4
a blessing in disguise: see blessing

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