hiding

US: /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
UK: /hˈa‍ɪdɪŋ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


hiding /'haidiɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự đánh đập, sự đánh đòn
      • to give a good hiding: đánh cho một trận nên thân
    • sự ẩn náu; sự trốn tránh
      • to be in hiding: đang trốn tránh

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 [U] the state of being hidden: After the trial, she had to go into hiding for several weeks. + He only came out of hiding ten years after the war was over. + We spent months in hiding.
2 [sing.] (informal, especially BrE) a physical punishment, usually involving being hit hard many times
Synonym: BEATING
to give sb / get a (good) hiding + (figurative) The team got a hiding in their last game.
Idioms: on a hiding to nothing (BrE, informal) having no chance of success

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 conceal, secrete, cache, squirrel away; go underground, take cover, lie low, go into hiding, lurk, go to ground, drop out of sight, go into hiding, hibernate, latibulize, Colloq hide out, hole up, lie low, Brit lie doggo:
Hide the sweets where the children won't find them. I found a place to hide under the stair
2 conceal, cover, mask, camouflage, disguise, veil, shroud, screen, cover up, keep secret:
He managed to hide his embarrassment.
3 eclipse, blot out, obscure, block:
The clouds hid the moon as we made good our escape.
4 suppress, hush (up), repress, silence, keep quiet or secret:
She hid all knowledge of the crime.
n.
1 pelt, skin, fell, leather, fur, fleece:
Once tanned and dyed, the hide was made into clothing.
v.
2 flog, whip, lash, flail, beat, thrash:
The masters took great satisfaction in hiding the boys.

Collocation dictionary


VERB + HIDING

go into
He had gone into hiding just after war broke out.
| come out of
After the car had passed by they came out of hiding.

PREP.

in ~
The fugitive had spent five weeks in hiding.


Concise English dictionary


hid|hidden|hides|hiding|hidedhaɪd
noun
+the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
+body covering of a living animal
verb
+prevent from being seen or discovered
+be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
+cover as if with a shroud
+make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing