Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of concealing; concealment: as, to remain in hiding.
- noun A flogging or thrashing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.
- noun colloq. A flogging.
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- noun colloquial, countable A
beating orspanking . - verb Present participle of
hide . - noun uncountable A state of concealment.
- noun countable A place of concealment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the activity of keeping something secret
- noun the state of being hidden
Etymologies
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Examples
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A still-in-production series with trades running into the double digits, Fables tells the story about the daily lives of the last surviving faerie tale heroes as they live in hiding from a man only know as The Adversary in the only place they could find refuge.
From the Void… 5 Graphic Novel Gifts « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Anna Magnani is magnificent as the young widow protecting her lover, who is in hiding from the Germans.
Rome, Open City: No 22 Cath Clarke 2010
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Salman Rushdie is so much identified with seriousness — his choice of subjects, from Kashmir to Andalusia; his position as a literary negotiator of East and West; his decade and more of internal exile in hiding from the edict of a fanatical theocrat — that it can be easy to forget how humorous he is.
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Salman Rushdie is so much identified with seriousness — his choice of subjects, from Kashmir to Andalusia; his position as a literary negotiator of East and West; his decade and more of internal exile in hiding from the edict of a fanatical theocrat — that it can be easy to forget how humorous he is.
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Salman Rushdie is so much identified with seriousness — his choice of subjects, from Kashmir to Andalusia; his position as a literary negotiator of East and West; his decade and more of internal exile in hiding from the edict of a fanatical theocrat — that it can be easy to forget how humorous he is.
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One has to wonder if there were more in hiding from the pervert in chief and his minions practicing the politics of personal destruction.
Sound Politics: Burner Aided By Rapist's Apologist At Fundrai$er Tomorrow 2006
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Bradford watched her, his expression hiding nothing, and Caroline started trembling again.
Rebellious Desire Julie Garwood 1986
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All that would be necessary to drive Crazy Shelly out of office and into hiding is to assign her Secret Service protection.
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Huge caches of drugs and human trafficking cross the border in hiding places I could not even imagine.
Border crossings: Peter Watts and Singapore — Fusion Despatches 2009
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On May 21, 1970, just a few weeks after the townhouse explosion and with the members of the Weathermen now in hiding, the newly formed Weather Underground issued its "Declaration of a State of War" against the American government.
Archive 2009-05-01 John Storhm 2009
bilby commented on the word hiding
"I guess that was a bit of a weak act. But serves him right, and a bit of a hiding every now and again never hurt anyone. It livens you up a bit - if anything."
- Robert Barrett, 'White Shoes, White Lines and Blackie'.
August 30, 2008