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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HI'DING, ppr. Concealing; covering or withdrawing from view; keeping close or secret.
HI'DING, n. Concealment. Habukkuk 3.
1. Withdrawment; a withholding; as the hidings of God's face.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the activity of keeping something secret [syn: concealment, concealing, hiding]
2: the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. colloq. a thrashing. Phrases and idioms: on a hiding to nothing in a position from which there can be no successful outcome. Etymology: HIDE(2) + -ING(1) 2. n. 1 the act or an instance of hiding. 2 the state of remaining hidden (go into hiding). Phrases and idioms: hiding-place a place of concealment. Etymology: ME, f. HIDE(1) + -ING(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hide Hide (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Hid (h[i^]d); p. p. Hidden (h[i^]d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.] 1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. --Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. --Shak. 2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. --Pope. 3. To remove from danger; to shelter. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. --Ps. xxvi. 5. To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. ``A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.'' --Prov. xxii. 3. To hide the face, to withdraw favor. ``Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.'' --Ps. xxx. 7. To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. ``Hide thy face from my sins.'' --Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with. Syn: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hiding Hid"ing, n. The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment. There was the hiding of his power. --Hab. iii. 4.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hiding Hid"ing, n. A flogging. [Colloq.] --Charles Reade.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hide Hide (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hidings) 1. If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found. Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border... The duchess is expected to come out of hiding to attend the ceremony. N-UNCOUNT: prep N 2. If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times. (INFORMAL) = beating N-COUNT 3. If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing, you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful. (BRIT INFORMAL) As regards commercial survival, a car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing. PHRASE: v-link PHR [emphasis]

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