Associations to the word «Hiding»

Wiktionary

HIDING, verb. Present participle of hide
HIDING, noun. (uncountable) A state of concealment.
HIDING, noun. (countable) A place of concealment.
HIDING, noun. (colloquial) (countable) A beating or spanking.
HIDING PLACE, noun. A place where something or someone may be safely hidden
HIDING PLACES, noun. Plural of hiding place
HIDING TO NOTHING, noun. (idiomatic) (British) (informal) A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

Dictionary definition

HIDING, noun. The activity of keeping something secret.
HIDING, noun. The state of being hidden; "he went into hiding".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats