hiding
pronunciation
How to pronounce hiding in British English:
UK [ˈhaɪdɪŋ]
How to pronounce hiding in American English:
US [ ˈhaɪdɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the activity of keeping something secret
Word Origin
- hiding (n.1)
- "concealment," early 13c., verbal noun from hide (v.1). Hiding place is from mid-15c.; an Old English word for this was hydels.
- hiding (n.2)
- "a flogging," 1809, from hide (n.1), perhaps in reference to a whip or thong made of animal hide. Old English had hyde ðolian "to undergo a flogging," and hydgild "fine paid to save one's skin (from a punishment by flogging)." The English expression a hiding to nothing (by 1905) referred to a situation where there was disgrace in defeat and no honor in victory.
Example
- 1. The influenza virus is hiding and changing in animal populations .
- 2. When should humans decide that hiding and hoarding is the right idea ?
- 3. A more open investment regime would encourage taiwanese to repatriate profits instead of hiding them from taipei .
- 4. The banker and his family have been in hiding since news of the pension payment broke and his edinburgh home was attacked in march .
- 5. And , finally , the seventh failing : the government officials who have managed to escape set an example for those still hiding at home .