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noun · countable / uncountable · common

hiding

hiding · hidings

тайник, укрытие, потайное место

Versteck, Unterschlupf

A state of concealmentA state of concealment.

/ˈhaɪdɪŋ/

Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable, usually)A state of concealment.
After the leaked scandalous stories about his personal life, the celebrity remained in hiding for a few weeks.
the state of being hidden
(countable, usually)A place of concealment.
(countable, literally, uncountable)Skinning (of an animal) to yield a hide (for human use).
(colloquial, countable, figuratively)A beating or spanking.

Origin

See hide (Etymology 1) See hide (Etymology 2)

See hide (Etymology 1)

See hide (Etymology 2)

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Forms

plural: hidings

Singular	hiding
Plural	hidings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Close in meaning

the activity of keeping something secret:concealment concealing

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

hideA1 hideous hideout hider hierarchical hierarchy hieroglyph

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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