HIDING


Meaning of HIDING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a hiding place

He had watched the farm workers from his hiding place.

hiding place

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

good

I was given a good hiding , which I deserved, but it made no difference.

But the rich will always be better at hiding from the tax collector than the poor.

She shouldn't run off with any of his old mates or she would get a good hiding when he came home.

That's what made it such a good hiding place.

It was no good hiding the truth from herself.

■ NOUN

place

It was C ... who had informed Peter of this hiding place .

Asik was astonished, he forgot about his hiding place behind the tree and jumped into the road.

The game ends when everyone finds the hiding place .

A party of techs hastened past the Wolverines' hiding place .

Your brother had a piece of paper in his pocket with Billy Egan's hiding place on it.

It had not struck him until now that this was an inadequate hiding place .

As they neared her hiding place , Tilly shrank back into the shadows.

Now Kujau claims to have found its hiding place by researching old documents.

■ VERB

find

Anne thought Nina had found a hiding place and was lying low.

The game ends when everyone finds the hiding place.

Now Kujau claims to have found its hiding place by researching old documents.

The children then have to find the hiding places and write them down.

Their parents must lead them away from the nest site to other areas where they can collect food and find hiding places.

Her husband says he found a photographer hiding in some bushes by his house.

It then finds a hiding place and attaches itself to a branch with silk.

go

During Partition they went into hiding , and for a fortnight their good Hindu friends brought them food and water.

Then the shipowner had gone into hiding .

Well, at least he knew, right there and then, that he had to go into hiding .

He promptly went into hiding but was eventually captured.

Wherever you go there is no hiding place in John Major's second class society.

When defeated in the election of 1865, he had to go into hiding .

She would then go into a secret hiding place that only her family knew about.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He dropped it back into hiding just as Bowring saw that it was an axe.

I had to abandon the stall, and went into hiding until I could arrange to leave the country secretly.

I was given a good hiding , which I deserved, but it made no difference.

Then she remained in hiding , refusing to venture out all day.

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