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noun

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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hiding

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verb (1)

present participle of hide
1
as in concealing
to put into a hiding place the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards

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2
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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3
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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hiding

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of hide
1
as in licking
to strike repeatedly the grizzled quartermaster threatened to hide any soldier caught stealing provisions

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2
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
Noun
Of course, as scholars like Winters wrote, this kind of oligarchy-hiding-in-plain-sight was part of the package of modern oligarchy—a kind of conscious cloaking that helped these figures rise in the first place, without any kind of public pushback. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 As digital products become more capable and feature-rich, teams may be tempted to simplify interfaces by hiding controls, reducing context or removing steps that seem unnecessary. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 But when The Satanic Verses was published in 1988, the novel was declared by some as blasphemous, and then-Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa for Rushdie to be assassinated, leading the author to go into hiding until 1998. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 For example, his house has tubes for cats to crawl through and hiding boxes. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 In Florida, a 29-year-old expectant mother is in hiding, concerned that she will be deported at any moment. — Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 Kris Bagnara, chief of service at All U Need Pest Control, points out that spiders’ mating season runs from August to October, which can draw them out from their webs and hiding spots in search of a mate. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 7 Aug. 2026 Machado left Venezuela in December to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway after more than a year in hiding. — Anabella González, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Fuelled by unhinged online hate and anti-Israel extremism, total violent hate crimes skyrocketed by 97% since 2022, forcing terrified Jewish communities around the world into hiding. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Then there are all the people hiding in the hills, and those who have taken refuge in the homes of Moroccan relatives in Ceuta. — Miguel MacIas, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 The ambulance keeps medical equipment powered There is another clever feature hiding underneath all those solar panels. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Camron Harris, 19, was found hiding in a dormitory closet on campus when he was apprehended Saturday afternoon. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026 Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 The city of Oakland reached a $17 million settlement this week with the family of a man killed by a speeding car fleeing two Oakland police officers, who later tried hiding their role in the unauthorized chase and the ensuring wreck. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The first Fermilab search has simply pushed the boundary of what physicists know the muon is hiding. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 Need to Know A former government employee shared a TikTok video with tips on hiding valuables in less-secure motel rooms. — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiding
  1. stashing
  2. concealing
  3. obscuring
  4. lurking
  5. licking
  6. whipping
  7. burying
  8. covering
Noun
  • 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.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of stashing
Verb
  • Well, that’s kind of what the National Institutes of Health is now proposing—concealing from applicants the scores that their grant application receive from scientific peer review.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Amazon, Google, Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI all have demanded nondisclosure agreements with local governments, concealing their identity and intent until deals are almost done.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of concealing
Verb
  • But there were too many multiple traumas and trauma swappings that wound up obscuring the issues.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In the video, the shooting officer’s arms and long gun block his camera’s view, obscuring Tucker in the moments before he was shot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscuring
Verb
  • The par-3 sixth hole and the long par-3 16th hole will be key to watch, with big numbers lurking.
    — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Oil prices are once again uncomfortably high, but the bigger problem is lurking just beneath the surface.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of lurking
Verb
  • Dubiously sourced accounts followed of Australians who died after drinking toad tea and a man supposedly being imprisoned in South America on toad-licking charges.
    — Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There’s truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of licking
Verb
  • Harrison Ford is whipping back into blockbuster shape, as the 84-year-old is set to return as iconic adventurer Indiana Jones in a new Disney project.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 2026
  • He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • That meant clean financial reporting, regulatory discipline, transparency with stakeholders, and a habit of addressing problems rather than burying them.
    — ByThad L. Bench, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Catherine flattens him in the kitchen, burying her death syringe in his eyeball.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of burying
Verb
  • Journalists argue this creates a severe conflict of interest and raises critical data security concerns, especially given past assaults on reporters covering immigration enforcement.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Said alleges that the companies later mishandled her requests for medical accommodations following an assignment covering the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of covering

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