hiding

hide ¹  (hd)

v. hid (hd), hid·den (hdn) or hid, hid·ing, hides

v.tr.

1. To put or keep out of sight; secrete.

2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal: tried to hide the facts.

3. To cut off from sight; cover up: Clouds hid the stars.

4. To avert (one's gaze), especially in shame or grief.

v.intr.

1. To keep oneself out of sight.

2. To seek refuge.

Phrasal Verb:

hide out

To be in hiding, as from a pursuer: The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city.

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[Middle English hiden, from Old English hdan; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: hide¹, conceal, secrete², cache, screen, cloak
These verbs mean to keep from the sight or knowledge of others. Hide and conceal are the most general and are often used interchangeably: I used a throw rug to hide (or conceal) the stain on the carpet. I smiled to hide (or conceal) my hurt feelings.
Secrete and cache involve concealment in a place unknown to others; cache often implies storage for later use: The lioness secreted her cubs in the tall grass. The mountain climbers cached their provisions in a cave.
To screen is to shield or block from the view of others: Tall shrubs screen the actor's home from the curious.
To cloak is to conceal something by masking or disguising it: "On previously cloaked issues, the Soviets have suddenly become forthcoming" (John McLaughlin). See Also Synonyms at block.

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hide ²  (hd)

n.

The skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal.

tr.v. hid·ed, hid·ing, hides

To beat severely; flog.

Idiom:

hide nor hair

A trace; a vestige: haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.

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[Middle English, from Old English hd; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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hide ³  (hd)

n.

An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.

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[Middle English, from Old English hd; see kei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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hiding¹

n

1. the state of concealment (esp in the phrase in hiding)

hiding place a place of concealment

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hiding²

n

1. Informal a flogging; beating

be on a hiding to nothing to be bound to fail; to face impossible odds

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hiding - the activity of keeping something secret concealing, concealment activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" disguise, camouflage - the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" mask - activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship" masking, screening, cover, covering - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" cover - a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent); "her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment" cover-up - concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public burying, burial - concealing something under the ground smoke screen, smokescreen - an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures" stealth, stealing - avoiding detection by moving carefully money laundering - concealing the source of illegally gotten money
	2.	hiding - the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding" concealment, privateness, secrecy, privacy - the condition of being concealed or hidden

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hiding

noun (Informal) beating, whipping, thrashing, tanning (slang), caning, licking (informal), flogging, spanking, walloping (informal), drubbing, lathering (informal), whaling, larruping (Brit. dialect) He was misquoted as saying that the police deserved a bloody good hiding.

Translations

hiding¹ [ˈhaɪdɪŋ]

A. N to be in hiding → estar escondido
to go into hiding → esconderse (Pol) → pasar a la clandestinidad

B. CPD hiding place N → escondite m, escondrijo m

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hiding² [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] N (= beating) → paliza f
to give sb a hiding → dar una paliza a algn
to be on a hiding to nothing → llevar todas las de perder

hiding [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n

(= beating) → correction f, raclée f
to give sb a hiding → donner une raclée à qn
to get a good hiding → prendre une bonne raclée

to be on a hiding to nothing (British) → être sûr(e) de se ramasser

to be in hiding (= concealed) → se tenir caché(e)
to go into hiding → se cacher
to come out of hiding → sortir de sa cachette
hiding place n → cachette f

hiding¹

n to be in hiding → sich versteckt halten; to go into hiding → untertauchen, sich verstecken; he came out of hiding → er tauchte wieder auf, er kam aus seinem Versteck

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hiding²

n

(= beating) → Tracht f → Prügel; to give somebody a good hiding → jdm eine Tracht Prügel geben

(inf: = defeat) → Schlappe f (inf); the team took or got a real hiding → die Mannschaft musste eine schwere Schlappe einstecken (inf); to be on a hiding to nothing → keine Aussicht auf Erfolg haben

hiding¹ [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n to be in hiding → tenersi nascosto/a
to go into hiding → darsi alla macchia

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hiding¹ [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n to be in hiding → tenersi nascosto/a
to go into hiding → darsi alla macchia

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hiding² [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n → botte fpl
to give sb a good hiding (fam) → suonarle a qn

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hiding² [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n → botte fpl
to give sb a good hiding (fam) → suonarle a qn