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hiding

hiding

201 2.7
Being where other people cannot find you to stay safe
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
translation icon : ocultación
  • Jerome scrambled down from the table and ran to his hiding place behind the couch.
  • go into hiding
  • come out of hiding
  • a hiding place

That's your way of kind of hiding from yourself, your own narcissism.

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Examples

  • The children found a perfect hiding spot in the bushes during the game of hide-and-seek.

  • Just promise me that you will go to one of these hiding places now.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • This is quite a hiding place.

  • It's not a bad hiding place.

  • This is my secret hiding spot.

  • There's probably a thousand hiding places up here.

  • I waited a while before leaving my hiding place and pretended I had just arrived.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Jack waits for a boy to leave, then goes to the secret hiding place under the sink.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Leaphorn returned them to their hiding place in the bottom drawer.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I think Raphael is still around, but he's in hiding somewhere on the East Side.

Synonyms

secrecy
vshiding
165 4.4

Keeping information hidden from other people

focuses on avoiding being found rather than just keeping information private
stealth
vshiding
117 6.5

Quiet movement to avoid being seen or heard

focuses on manner of movement to avoid detection rather than a general state
camouflage
vshiding
26 4.6

A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen

covers general keeping secret to avoid being found rather than only visual disguise
concealment
vshiding
8 5.0

Keeping something hidden or secret

focuses on avoiding being found rather than the general act itself
masking
vshiding
7 4.8

Objects that hide parts of a stage from the audience

means keeping something secret to avoid being found rather than just covering it
screening
vshiding
1 3.5

Plants or structures that block the view to give privacy

has narrow focus on blocking view rather than other ways to avoid being found
concealing
vshiding
1 5.3

An act of hiding something so people do not know about it

emphasizes avoiding discovery rather than only the process of concealment
hiddenness
vshiding
1 7.8

A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand

highlights the intent to avoid being found rather than just being not seen
obscuration
vshiding
1 8.2

Something that stops you from seeing or understanding

focuses on obscuring sight or meaning rather than specifically avoiding being found
clandestinity
vshiding
  • Archaic
9.9

The state of being secret to avoid being noticed

includes the action of keeping something secret to avoid being found
covertness
vshiding
8.7

Being secret so other people do not know about it

stresses active efforts to keep something not found rather than mere secrecy
9.3

Habit of doing things in a hidden way

refers to the state or activity of avoiding being found rather than only manner
surreption
vshiding
  • Archaic
9.9

Doing something in secret to avoid being noticed

is about staying out of sight or keeping things secret to avoid being found

Antonyms

176 4.1

Making secret or new information known to others

Idioms

45 5.3

A secret place where someone stays to avoid being found by police or enemies

Compounds

57 2.5

A secret place where nobody can find a person or thing

How Hidden

hiding
201 2.7
secrecy
165 4.4
concealment
8 5.0
obscurity
33 7.4
exposure
88 3.9

Surface Forms

hiding singular
hidings plural

Morphology

hiding = hide (transparent) = hide + ing

Formed from the verb 'hide' plus the productive '-ing' nominal/gerundive suffix; meaning is directly derived and predictable.

Etymology

Hiding comes from the old English verb hide, which meant 'to put out of sight', plus the ending -ing that makes a noun for the action or state. So hiding is 'the act of being kept out of view', which explains why it means staying secret or out of sight to avoid being found.