as in stashing
the placing of something out of sight
fearing that the enemy would soon be upon them, the museum director oversaw the hiding of the most valuable works of art
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as in concealing
to put into a hiding place
the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards
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as in obscuring
to keep secret or shut off from view
he tried to hide his criminal past she hid the cat's litter box behind a screen
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as in lurking
to remain out of sight
he hid in the closet while his roommate lied to the probation officer
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
the grizzled quartermaster threatened to hide any soldier caught stealing provisions
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as in whipping
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
threatened to hide the boys with his cane if he ever found them on his property again
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Recent Examples of hiding
Eva Flowe,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
After the suspect continued hiding inside the home, deputies deployed a standard drone, used for all interior searches and barricaded subjects, and found him in the corner of a garage.
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Steve Large,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Flatheads aren’t built for extended chases like their streamlined cousins, preferring instead to dart out from hiding and devour unwary prey.
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Keith Sutton,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2026
While crumbs inside the oven can stay pretty much invisible to the naked eye, there’s no hiding stubborn stains on the glass door.
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Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 June 2026
With Daft Punk, hiding was an aesthetic statement, but also an ideological, political, and artistic one.
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Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Meanwhile, with Anas forced into hiding, a colleague who worked with him on the documentary, Amad Hussein Swali, was murdered in a shooting, a crime for which nobody has been caught.
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Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Remove rock piles, brush piles, and other hiding spots.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
But Silva's second T20 fifty in 13 years and Nuthyangana's career-best 24 rushed Sri Lanka to the win after its opening hiding from England.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Hannah Fingerhut,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.
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Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
25 June 2026
Licensing can show up in many forms, and sometimes licensing is hiding in plain sight, such as some Starbucks brands found in grocery stores, which is produced through Nestle under a license.
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David Born,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In actuality, there was no professional photographer there, just his mother hiding in the bushes filming the entire thing.
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Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
How does this relate to the ensuing flashbacks of a wounded Castle hiding with a mother and her daughter and his pulse-pounding jumps from one harrowing hot frying pan situation to another?
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Your closet cleanout is hiding money.
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Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
And for hiding unsightly landscape utilities, pipes, sprinkler valves, this realistic-looking landscape rock is deeply discounted right now.
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Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Officers arrested the three suspects, two of whom investigators say were hiding in a dumpster.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Noun
Tall bushes and hiding spots may draw copperheads, as can food sources.
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Eva Flowe,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
After the suspect continued hiding inside the home, deputies deployed a standard drone, used for all interior searches and barricaded subjects, and found him in the corner of a garage.
—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Flatheads aren’t built for extended chases like their streamlined cousins, preferring instead to dart out from hiding and devour unwary prey.
—
Keith Sutton,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2026
While crumbs inside the oven can stay pretty much invisible to the naked eye, there’s no hiding stubborn stains on the glass door.
—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 June 2026
With Daft Punk, hiding was an aesthetic statement, but also an ideological, political, and artistic one.
—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Meanwhile, with Anas forced into hiding, a colleague who worked with him on the documentary, Amad Hussein Swali, was murdered in a shooting, a crime for which nobody has been caught.
—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Remove rock piles, brush piles, and other hiding spots.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
But Silva's second T20 fifty in 13 years and Nuthyangana's career-best 24 rushed Sri Lanka to the win after its opening hiding from England.
—
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Verb
Police officers responding to Leslie Martin’s call and separate reports of a break-in found Doug Martin hiding in a neighbor’s home.
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Hannah Fingerhut,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.
—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
25 June 2026
Licensing can show up in many forms, and sometimes licensing is hiding in plain sight, such as some Starbucks brands found in grocery stores, which is produced through Nestle under a license.
—
David Born,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In actuality, there was no professional photographer there, just his mother hiding in the bushes filming the entire thing.
—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
How does this relate to the ensuing flashbacks of a wounded Castle hiding with a mother and her daughter and his pulse-pounding jumps from one harrowing hot frying pan situation to another?
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Your closet cleanout is hiding money.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
And for hiding unsightly landscape utilities, pipes, sprinkler valves, this realistic-looking landscape rock is deeply discounted right now.
—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Officers arrested the three suspects, two of whom investigators say were hiding in a dumpster.
—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiding
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Researchers believe some kind of ritual marked this massive deposit, as the feasting and decorative objects might correspond to an event that might have propelled the stashing away of these astonishing artifacts, as per Heritage Daily.
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The Rams have 10 picks in this year’s draft, and that’s too many for any team, but especially one that has been drafting and stashing players after the first round for a few years.
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She was acquitted of concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor.
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She was acquitted of concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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Finally, book eleven, Bernard Malmud’s The Fixer, was found lurking on a twelfth-grade syllabus.
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To figure out why, an international team investigated the proteins lurking inside of the skeletal remains.
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After milking, the cows would return themselves to their fresh pasture and spend the day grazing, snoozing, licking one another, and cooling off in the shade of pine trees.
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Bring along a friend who wouldn’t be able to indulge in these kinds of finger-licking treats otherwise.
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Ospreay struck Strickland, who responded by whipping a chain at him.
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Vargas is accused of repeatedly whipping the cab’s hood with a belt, denting it, cops said.
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The structure suddenly collapsed, burying the people within.
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Since then, the city has touted its success in burying most of its wires while keeping rates competitive with other utilities.
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Our managing editor Hannah Wise shares about how The Star is covering the World Cup.
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The clinic provides standard all-inclusive packages covering hotel, transfers, and translation.
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