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1. The activity of keeping something secret
   - concealment, concealing
    
2. The state of being hidden
   "he went into hiding"
    
3. [informal] The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
   - beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking

1. Prevent from being seen or discovered
   "hide the money";
   - conceal
    
2. Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
   "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana";
   - hide out
    
3. Cover as if with a shroud
   - shroud, enshroud, cover
    
4. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   - obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil

Derived forms: hidings

Type of: activity, alter, change, concealment, corporal punishment, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, modify, privacy, privateness, secrecy, wrap

Antonym: show

Encyclopedia: Hiding