hiding

UK /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ US /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/

noun 4

Definitions

noun

A state of concealment.

After the leaked scandalous stories about his personal life, the celebrity remained in hiding for a few weeks.

A place of concealment.

noun

Skinning (of an animal) to yield a hide (for human use).

A beating or spanking.

VERB + HIDING

go into

The suspect went into hiding after the police issued a warrant for his arrest.

come out of

The children came out of hiding when their parents called them for dinner.

PREP

in ~

After the scandal, the celebrity went in hiding for several months to avoid the media.

noun — the activity of keeping something secret

A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

It would have been madness to encourage them to back the mare : in fact I was on a hiding to nothing whatever happened.

After the leaked scandalous stories about his personal life, the celebrity remained in hiding for a few weeks.

Wiktionary

Devils are hiding among the rocks.

Tatoeba · #28528

The child was hiding behind a big tree.

Tatoeba · #35735

What are you hiding? Come on, tell me. You can't keep it from me. That's creepy.

Tatoeba · #35784

The cave did for our hiding place.

Tatoeba · #44691

He came out from where he was hiding.

Tatoeba · #47520

i Register

In some senses, hiding is marked as figuratively, literally, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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