Definitions for hiding

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hiding hid·ing

Spelling: [hahy-ding]

IPA: /ˈhaɪ dɪŋ/

Hiding is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in hiding (dghiin).

Definitions for hiding

noun

1. act of concealing; concealment:
2. a secret refuge or means of concealment.
3. a severe beating; flogging; thrashing.
4. British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
5. the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
6. Informal. the skin of a human being: safety or welfare:
7. Australia and New Zealand Informal. impertinence; impudence.

Idioms

1. hide nor hair, a trace or evidence, as of something missing: Also, hide or hair.

Verb phrases

1. hide out, to go into or remain in hiding:

verb (used with object)

1. to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered:
2. to obstruct the view of; cover up:
3. to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret:
4. Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
5. to protect (a rope, as a boltrope of a sail) with a covering of leather.

verb (used without object)

1. to conceal oneself; lie concealed:

Origin of hiding

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at hide¹, -ing¹

Examples for hiding

A team of cops swarmed the apartment in the hunt for a potential homicide suspect they believed was hiding in the residences.

You won't be left in hiding after such a dbut; you'll electrify society!

Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.

The black bonnet had been like a mask, hiding Mart's beauty.

By this they were opposite the old stand, where Shandy was hiding.

I also believe the administration is hiding something about Benghazi and Fast and Furious, but the key word is “believe.”

He could smell Indians in hiding and wood smoke three leagues away.

I stayed longer in Hong Kong than Glenn and Ewen, and was hoping to film Snowden one more time where he was hiding out.

“Not running, not hiding, we are in plain sight,” Johnson testified.

It would be a stroke of luck if I could stumble on one of his hiding places!