Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place of shelter or concealment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
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- noun A place to
hide
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
- verb be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
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Examples
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The set-up here is Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) are in Beverly Hills and are looking for a hideout from the zombies.
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The city in which the organizations hideout is located, is called Bonham.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Ham’s Review Forum 2009
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In the past he has painted interiors that exist, or must once have existed, but were necessarily imagined – Che Guevara's mountain hideout, Jimi Hendrix's last resting place, the Queen's bedroom (with a single-bar heater).
Turner prize 2010 – review Laura Cumming 2010
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My son Greg is guarding me in a California hideout from the agents of a pharmaceutical company, etc.
Saul Bellow's widow on his life and letters: 'His gift was to love and be loved' Rachel Cooke 2010
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IMBTIRIITT2: Osama bin Laden's former cave hideout is to be converted into a £5.3 million tourist resort.
Magazines Maxine 2009
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Verano was given 10 days to submit a counter-affidavit from the day the CHR-led task force went to Verano’s mountain hideout last week and presented to the cult leader the cases and accusations hurled against him.
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A news report by The Associated Press quotes officials who said Saturday that security forces searched the attack scene, about 130 kilometers from the capital, and Yakouren, an adjacent forested area, known as a hideout for members of the terror group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.
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One trip to our hideout was all that it took to get all of the dynamite carried away.
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A news report by The Associated Press quotes officials who said Saturday that security forces searched the attack scene, about 130 kilometers from the capital, and Yakouren, an adjacent forested area, known as a hideout for members of the terror group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.
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"Shepherds found the mutilated bodies on Monday of two German nurses and a South Korean teacher who were kidnapped while picnicking in an area of Yemen known as a hideout for al-Qaida," the Associated Press reports from Sanaa, the Yemeni capital:
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