hiding

Noun
Synonyms: concealmentconcealing

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the activity of keeping something secretSynonyms: concealmentconcealing
  2. the state of being hidden“he went into hiding”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.] [1913 Webster] hide-and-seek
Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Hid (h[i^]d); p. p. Hidden (h[i^]d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. 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. [1913 Webster]

A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.— Matt. v. 15.[1913 Webster]
If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. [1913 Webster]

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

3.To remove from danger; to shelter. [1913 Webster]

In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.— Ps. xxvi. 5.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Hiding \Hid"ing\, n. The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment. [1913 Webster]

There was the hiding of his power. --Hab. iii. 4. [1913 Webster]

Hiding \Hid"ing\, n. A flogging. [Colloq.] --Charles Reade. [1913 Webster]
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