The meaning of Hiding

noun

The action of striking repeatedly with hard blows.

Usage examples:

The south of england will take the heaviest battering

verb

Strike repeatedly with hard blows.

Usage examples:

A prisoner was battered to death with a table leg

verb

(of a wall) have a receding slope.

noun

A punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly.

Usage examples:

If he got dirt on his clothes he'd get a beating

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

The act of hitting someone hard and repeatedly

Usage examples:

He escaped a beating., fig. this chair has taken a beating over the years (= been used often and da…

verb

Put or hide underground.

Usage examples:

He buried the box in the back garden

verb

Place in a grave or tomb

verb

To put a dead body into the ground

Usage examples:

My father is buried in kentucky., squirrels bury nuts and dig them up later to eat them., she burie…

noun

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place.

Usage examples:

An arms cache

verb

Store away in hiding or for future use.

Usage examples:

He decided that they must cache their weapons

noun

A secret or hidden store of things, or the place where they are kept

Usage examples:

Authorities believe the robber was after a hidden cache of $2,500 kept in a box under the counter.

noun

The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.

Usage examples:

On the trenches were pieces of turf which served for camouflage

verb

Hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage.

Usage examples:

The caravan was camouflaged with netting and branches from trees

noun

A beating with a cane as a punishment.

Usage examples:

The schoolboy received £8000 damages for a caning received nine years ago

verb

Beat with a cane as a punishment.

Usage examples:

Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster

noun

The act of hitting someone with a stick as a punishment

Usage examples:

He never forgot the humiliation he felt at his first school caning., his father believed in strict …

abbreviation

Centilitre.

Usage examples:

70 cl bottles

abbreviation

Chemiluminescence.

noun

A metric unit of capacity, equal to one hundredth of a litre.

verb

Not allow to be seen; hide.

Usage examples:

A line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea

verb

To prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something

Usage examples:

He made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction.

verb

To not tell somebody about something that they have the right to know about

Usage examples:

Do not conceal health problems from a prospective insurer.

verb

Beat with a cudgel.

Usage examples:

They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

noun

A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The notion that peace demonstrators had arrived at a demonstration tooled-up with cudgels and sword…

Present participle of cudgel

verb

Secure with handcuffs.

Usage examples:

The man's hands were cuffed behind his back

verb

Strike (someone) with an open hand, especially on the head.

Usage examples:

He cuffed him playfully on the ear

noun

The end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on.

Usage examples:

A red dress with a white lace collar and cuffs

noun

A beating; a thrashing.

Usage examples:

I'll give the scoundrels a drubbing if i can!

verb

Hit or beat (someone) repeatedly.

Usage examples:

He was drubbed with tiresome regularity by his classmates

noun

A beating or bad defeat, esp. in a sports competition

verb

Strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).

Usage examples:

The captured general was flayed alive

verb

Present participle of flay

Usage examples:

Figurative the critics really flayed (= severely criticized) his new book.

noun

A punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick.

Usage examples:

Public floggings

verb

Beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.

Usage examples:

The men had been flogged and branded on the forehead

noun

A punishment in which someone is beaten severely with a whip or a stick

noun

The action or sound of hammering something.

Usage examples:

I walked up the stairs in the balcony, hearing my own footsteps which sounded like someone hammering.

verb

Hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object.

Usage examples:

He hammered the tack in

noun

To decrease suddenly and by a large amount in price or value

Usage examples:

Profits will take a hammering when cheap copycat products come on to the market.

noun

A beating with a stick or whip.

Usage examples:

I threatened to give him a good lashing!

verb

Strike or beat with a whip or stick.

Usage examples:

They lashed him repeatedly about the head

noun

The punishment of being hit with a whip

Usage examples:

He was sentenced to receive a lashing., each fitting had been sealed and each lashing tied., a life…

noun

An attack by an animal causing serious injury.

Usage examples:

Increased incidences of grizzly bear maulings

verb

(of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing.

Usage examples:

A man was mauled by a lion at london zoo

noun

Severe criticism of someone or something

Usage examples:

Her latest novel got a real mauling in the review that i read.

verb

Hurl missiles repeatedly at.

Usage examples:

Two boys pelted him with rotten apples

noun

An act of hurling something at someone.

noun

The skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it.

Usage examples:

Traders brought reindeer pelts

noun

Repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The pounding of the surf on a sandy beach

verb

Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

verb

Strike repeatedly with the fists.

Usage examples:

He felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes

verb

(of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance).

Usage examples:

Insulin is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood

verb

Conceal; hide.

Usage examples:

The assets had been secreted in swiss bank accounts

verb

To produce and release liquid, esp. from the cells or body

Usage examples:

The thyroid gland secretes hormones that affect growth., [ c ] nasal secretions

verb

Hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object.

Usage examples:

My sister slapped my face

noun

A blow with the palm of the hand or a flat object.

Usage examples:

She gave her a slap across her cheek

noun

Make-up, especially when applied thickly or carelessly.

Usage examples:

I put a bit of slap on my face and we were ready to go

verb

Strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment.

Usage examples:

Jessica smacked his face, quite hard

verb

Have a flavour of; taste of.

Usage examples:

The tea smacked strongly of tannin

noun

A sharp slap or blow, typically one given with the palm of the hand.

Usage examples:

She gave mark a smack across the face

adjective

(especially of a horse or its gait) lively; brisk.

Usage examples:

A spanking trot

noun

An act of slapping, especially on the buttocks as a punishment for children.

Usage examples:

You deserve a good spanking like any spoiled child

verb

Slap with one's open hand or a flat object, especially on the buttocks as a punishment.

Usage examples:

She was spanked for spilling ink on the carpet

verb

Store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place.

Usage examples:

Their wealth had been stashed away in swiss banks

noun

A store or supply of something, typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

Usage examples:

The man grudgingly handed over a stash of notes

noun

A moustache.

Usage examples:

Sandy is a superannuated swinger, complete with stash, burns and a 17-year-old hippie on his arm.

noun

An act of physically beating someone; a beating.

Usage examples:

A sound thrashing might teach the individual to refrain from complaining

verb

Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.

Usage examples:

She thrashed him across the head and shoulders

noun

An occasion when someone hits a person or animal hard many times as a punishment

Usage examples:

At that time the thrashing of servants was legal., he was discovered to have stolen the money and g…

adjective

Pounding or throbbing in a heavy, continuous way.

Usage examples:

The thumping beat of her heart

verb

Hit or strike heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement.

Usage examples:

Holman thumped the desk with his hand

adjective

Very big or important

Usage examples:

A thumping defeat/victory, they won by a thumping majority., i'm not carrying that thumping great t…

verb

Strike forcefully with a sharp blow.

Usage examples:

She thwacked the back of their knees with a cane

noun

A sharp blow.

Usage examples:

He hit it with a hefty thwack

verb

Present participle of thwack

noun

A thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement.

Usage examples:

She saw scars on his back from the whippings

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on.

Usage examples:

Lewis whipped the boy twenty times

noun

A beating, esp. with a whip