hiding
11hiding — hid|ing [ˈhaıdıŋ] n 1.) [U] when someone stays somewhere in secret, especially because they have done something illegal or are in danger be in/go into/come out of hiding ▪ He went into hiding in 1973. 2.) [singular] spoken informal a) a severe… …
12hiding — hid|ing [ haıdıŋ ] noun 1. ) uncount a situation in which someone hides, or changes their name or appearance, so that no one will recognize or find them: The frightened family lived in hiding for three years. go into hiding: Davies, fearing… …
13hiding — noun 1 be/go into hiding to hide somewhere because you have done something illegal or are in danger: The gang spent weeks in hiding before they were finally caught. 2 give sb/get a good hiding spoken informal a) used to say that you will… …
14hiding — {{11}}hiding (1) concealment, early 13c., from prp. of HIDE (Cf. hide) (v.1). Hiding place is from mid 15c.; an O.E. word for this was hydels. {{12}}hiding (2) a flogging, 1809, from HIDE (Cf. hide) (n.1 …
15hiding — hid·ing || haɪdɪŋ n. hiding place; concealment, act of hiding something; act of hiding oneself; lashing, flogging haɪd n. skin of an animal; person s skin (Slang); concealed place, hiding place; measure of land (in Old English times) v.… …
16hiding — 1. n. colloq. a thrashing. Phrases and idioms: on a hiding to nothing in a position from which there can be no successful outcome. Etymology: HIDE(2) + ING(1) 2. n. 1 the act or an instance of hiding. 2 the state of remaining hidden (go into… …
17hiding — I. /ˈhaɪdɪŋ / (say huyding) noun 1. the act of concealing; concealment: to remain in hiding. 2. a place or means of concealment. {hide1 + ing1} II. /ˈhaɪdɪŋ / (say huyding) noun 1. a beating. 2. a defeat: *The Demons have appeared in only one… …
18hiding — hiding1 noun 1》 a physical beating. 2》 informal a severe defeat. Phrases be on a hiding to nothing Brit. be unlikely to succeed. Origin C19: from hide2 + ing1. hiding2 noun the action of hiding or the state of being hidden …
19hiding — n 1. concealment, secretion, hiding away; covering, screening, veiling, masking, shielding; clouding, obscuring. 2. hideaway, hiding place, hideout. See hideaway(def.1) …
20Hiding — 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… …
