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hiding

[ hahy-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

act of concealing; concealment:
to remain in hiding.
a secret refuge or means of concealment.

hiding

[ hahy-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

a severe beating; flogging; thrashing.

hiding

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪŋ /

noun

the state of concealment (esp in the phrase in hiding )
hiding place
a place of concealment

hiding

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪŋ /

noun

informal.
a flogging; beating
be on a hiding to nothing
to be bound to fail; to face impossible odds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hiding¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; hide ¹ + -ing ¹

Origin of hiding²

First recorded in 1800–10; hide ² + -ing ¹

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As therapy becomes more mainstream, there is a specialty that’s hiding in the shadows — financial therapy.

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In storytelling, hiding the truth is one of the most effective ways for some characters to maintain control over others.

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But it instead feels like an easy escape hatch when what “On Swift Horses” promised was a richer psychological landscape about what roils inside hearts accustomed to hiding.

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Not because I became someone new, but because I finally stopped hiding who I already was.

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They also tended to stay closer to their hiding places and were more likely to scurry away when approached.

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Hideyoshi Toyotomi hidropoiesis

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