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View synonyms for hiding

hiding

1

[ hahy-ding ]

noun

  1. act of concealing; concealment:

    to remain in hiding.

  2. a secret refuge or means of concealment.


hiding

2

[ hahy-ding ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a severe beating; flogging; thrashing.

hiding

1

/ ˈhaɪdɪŋ /

noun

  1. the state of concealment (esp in the phrase in hiding )
  2. hiding place
    hiding place a place of concealment


hiding

2

/ ˈhaɪdɪŋ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a flogging; beating
  2. be on a hiding to nothing
    be on a hiding to nothing to be bound to fail; to face impossible odds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hiding1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; hide 1 + -ing 1

Origin of hiding2

First recorded in 1800–10; hide 2 + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

The worker told WABE that he changed his appearance and went into hiding for three days.

Beneath the boulder is a hollow, a perfect hiding place for small prey.

He seemed to know every hiding spot for the big rainbow and brown in Hebgen Lake and the Madison River.

Developers will receive a few more clarifications, too, around what not to do, like hiding features, or not being clear about an app’s functionality.

Just pull it out of its hiding place on the bottom of the phone and click the end button.

From Fortune

Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.

He called out the conformism hiding in the pose of rugged individuality.

A team of cops swarmed the apartment in the hunt for a potential homicide suspect they believed was hiding in the residences.

I also believe the administration is hiding something about Benghazi and Fast and Furious, but the key word is “believe.”

I stayed longer in Hong Kong than Glenn and Ewen, and was hoping to film Snowden one more time where he was hiding out.

A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.

The hairy animal, with the long tail, came straight for the bush behind which Squinty was hiding, and crawled through.

Certainly he had chosen a singular hiding-place, and never did man treat such a treasure with such apparent carelessness.

He came to my house one evening to tell me he had discovered the hiding-place of a gentleman we were looking for.

Instinctively, he took a quick step forward— hiding Tony from her immediate view.

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