hiding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hiding	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for hiding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hiding n the activity of keeping something secret [syn: concealment, concealing, hiding] the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Hid} (h[icr]d); p. p. {Hidden} (h[icr]d"d'n), {Hid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiding} (h[imac]d"[icr]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[ymac]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. [bd]A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.[b8] --Prov. xxii. 3. {To hide the face}, to withdraw favor. [bd]Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.[b8] --Ps. xxx. 7. {To hide the face from}. (a) To overlook; to pardon. [bd]Hide thy face from my sins.[b8] --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.]