hiding

  • 21Hiding — 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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22hiding — hiding1 /huy ding/, n. 1. act of concealing; concealment: to remain in hiding. 2. a secret refuge or means of concealment. [1250 1300; ME; see HIDE1, ING1] hiding2 /huy ding/, n. Informal. a severe beating; flogging; thrashing. [1800 10; HIDE2 +… …

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  • 23hiding — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, asylum, beating, blanketing, blocking, blotting out, bolt hole, burial, burying, cache, cementwork, cloaking, clouding, coating, collapse, concealedness, concealing, concealment, conquering, conquest, corner …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24hiding —    The hiding power of a pigment refers to its opacity its capacity to cover colors and materials (support) underneath in order to obscure them completely. Also see coat, surface, and white lead …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 25hiding — [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] noun [U] a situation in which someone hides Davies, fearing arrest, went into hiding.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26hiding place — hiding places N COUNT A hiding place is a place where someone or something can be hidden, or where they are hiding …

    English dictionary

  • 27hiding to nothing — If people are on a hiding to nothing, their schemes and plans have no chance of succeeding. Hiding to nowhere is an alternative …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 28hiding place — index refuge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 29hiding place — hiding .place n a place where you can hide or where you can hide something …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30hiding place — hiding ,place noun count a safe place where you hide yourself or something that you do not want other people to find …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English