What is the meaning of hiding?

noun

• The activity of keeping something secret.
  • synonyms: concealment, concealing
• The state of being hidden.
  • usage: "he went into hiding"

verb

• Prevent from being seen or discovered.
  • usage: "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
  • synonyms: hide, conceal
• 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"
  • synonyms: hide, hide out
• Cover as if with a shroud.
  • usage: "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
  • synonyms: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover
• Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
  • usage: "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
  • synonyms: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide