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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hiding
    n 1: the activity of keeping something secret [syn:
         concealment, concealing, hiding]
    2: the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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] hide-and-seek

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.
                                                  --Matt. v. 15.
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            If circumstances lead me, I will find
            Where truth is hid.                   --Shak.
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   2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain
      from avowing or confessing.
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            Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
                                                  --Pope.
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   3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
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            In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
            pavilion.                             --Ps. xxvi. 5.
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   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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hiding \Hid"ing\, n.
   The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view
   or knowledge; concealment.
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         There was the hiding of his power.       --Hab. iii. 4.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hiding \Hid"ing\, n.
   A flogging. [Colloq.] --Charles Reade.
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Thesaurus Results for hiding:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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