hiding
Keeping out sight
Hiding is the act of concealing oneself or something else from view or discovery: The children were hiding behind the couch.
It also names the state of being concealed: He went into hiding after the scandal broke.
Separately, a hiding is a severe beating or thrashing: The team took a hiding in the finals.
Protect by overlaying
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
covert · undercover · clandestine · furtive · sneak · evasion · incognito · obscure
cover
Protect by overlaying
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
disguise · covert · undercover · clandestine · furtive · sneak · evasion · incognito · obscure · invisibility
refuge
Place of safety
den · bolt-hole · safe house · retreat · burrow · nook · stash · cache · cubbyhole · foxhole
beating
Repeated striking or pulsing
licking · walloping · tanning · flogging · caning · belting · switching · paddling · drubbing · lashing
- kid activitiesplaying, running, jumping, climbing, swinging
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, dodging, pulling away
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
hidingshowing
Presenting for others
displaying · revealing · exhibition · exposure · manifestation
hidingrevealing
Making known what's hidden
disclosing · telling · confessing · divulging · exposing
hidingappearing
Becoming visible or present
emerging · coming out · surfacing · materializing · seeking
- hiding placeConcealed refuge location
- in hidingConcealed from searchers
- hiding outRemaining secretly concealed
- hiding behindConcealed by obstruction
- hiding spot
- hiding awayWithdrawing from visibility