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prevent from being seen or discovered
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,528 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,998 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- prevent from being seen or discovered also: conceal hide the money
- be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety also: hide out Probably his horse would be close to where he was hidingShe is hiding out in a cabin in Montana
- cover as if with a shroud also: shroud, enshroud, cover The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing also: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil a hidden messagea veiled threat
noun
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) also: fell
- body covering of a living animal also: pelt, skin
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Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There was no place to hide in.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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What personalities hide behind these poet's imaginings?
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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That is only the cloak under which I hide my shame.
Something New · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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She recommended him to hide from his father: he did so, and thought it perfectly natural.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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We will hide it in a corner, and we won’t touch it till we are in want.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1