HIDING
Dictionary entry overview: What does hiding mean?
• HIDING (noun)
The noun HIDING has 1 sense:
1. the activity of keeping something secret
Familiarity information: HIDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HIDING (noun)
Meaning:
The activity of keeping something secret
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
concealing; hiding; concealment
Hypernyms ("hiding" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hiding"):
camouflage; disguise (the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance)
mask (activity that tries to conceal something)
cover; covering; masking; screening (the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it)
cover (a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent))
cover-up (concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public)
burial; burying (concealing something under the ground)
smoke screen; smokescreen (an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure)
stealing; stealth (avoiding detection by moving carefully)
money laundering (concealing the source of illegally gotten money)
