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hiding

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hiding  \Hid"ing\,  n. 
  The  act  of  hiding  or  concealing,  or  of  withholding  from  view 
  or  knowledge;  concealment. 
 
  There  was  the  hiding  of  his  power.  --Hab.  iii.  4. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hiding  \Hid"ing\,  n. 
  A  flogging.  [Colloq.]  --Charles  Reade. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hiding 
  n  :  the  activity  of  keeping  something  secret  [syn:  {concealment}, 
  {concealing},  {secreting}]




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