1. The state of being hidden
   "he went into hiding"
    
2. The activity of keeping something secret
   "His hiding of the truth eventually led to his downfall";
   - concealment, concealing
    
3. [informal] The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
   "She threatened to give him a good hiding";
   - beating, thrashing, drubbing

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 [informal]
    
3. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   "The heavy fog hid the landscape";
   - obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil
    
4. Cover as if with a shroud
   "Dark clouds hid the mountain peak";
   - shroud, enshroud, cover

Derived forms: hidings

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

Encyclopedia: Hiding