CONCEAL


Meaning of CONCEAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənsi:l ]

( conceals, concealing, concealed)

1.

If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.

Frances decided to conceal the machine behind a hinged panel...

Five people were arrested for carrying concealed weapons.

VERB : V n , V-ed

2.

If you conceal a piece of information or a feeling, you do not let other people know about it.

Robert could not conceal his relief...

She knew at once that he was concealing something from her.

≠ reveal

VERB : V n , V n from n

3.

If something conceals something else, it covers it and prevents it from being seen.

...a pair of carved Indian doors which conceal a built-in cupboard...

VERB : V n

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