verb
- Prevent from being seen or discovered.
- usage: "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
- Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety.
- usage: "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"
- Cover as if with a shroud.
- usage: "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
- usage: "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
- synonyms: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
adjective
- Not accessible to view.
- usage: "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight"
- synonyms: concealed, out of sight
- Designed to elude detection.
- usage: "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
- synonyms: secret
- Difficult to find.
- usage: "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"
- synonyms: obscure
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