concealment, concealing, hiding
(noun) the activity of keeping something secret
hiding
(noun) the state of being hidden; “he went into hiding”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
See hide (Etymology 1)
hiding
present participle of hide
hiding (usually uncountable, plural hidings)
(uncountable) A state of concealment.
(countable) A place of concealment.
See hide (Etymology 2)
hiding (countable and uncountable, plural hidings)
(colloquial, countable) A beating or spanking.
Source: Wiktionary
Hid"ing, n.
Definition: The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment. There was the hiding of his power. Hab. iii. 4.
Hid"ing, n.
Definition: A flogging. [Colloq.] Charles Reade.
Hide, v. t. [imp. Hid; p. p. Hidden, Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] Etym: [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h; akin to Gr. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. Shak.
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.
3. To remove from danger; to shelter. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi. 5. To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." Prov. xxii. 3.
– To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7.
– To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
Syn.
– To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
Hide, v. i.
Definition: To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope. Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.
Hide, n. Etym: [AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.]
Hide, n. Etym: [OE.hide, hude, AS. h; akin to D. huid, OHG, h, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. scutum shield, and E. sky. .]
1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
2. The human skin; -- so called in contempt. O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! Shak.
Hide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]
Definition: To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2024
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
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