COVER / HIDE A MULTITUDE OF SINS

Meaning of COVER / HIDE A MULTITUDE OF SINS in English

(often humorous ) to hide the real situation or facts when these are not good or pleasant

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HIDE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hidden meaning ▪ She felt there was a hidden meaning behind his words. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COVER — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cover story (= the main story in a magazine, mentioned on the cover …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MULTITUDE — n multitude (1. large number; 2. crowd, throng)
Interlingua English vocab
MULTITUDE — multitá; (crowd) turbe, populache
English interlingue dictionary
MULTITUDE — kadaghanan
English-Visayan vocabulary
MULTITUDE — noun see: meliorate Date: 14th century the state of being many, a great number ; host , a great number …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIDE — I. ˈhīd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hyde, from Old English hīgid, hīd; akin to Old English hīwan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COVER — I. ˈkəvə(r) verb ( covered ; covered ; covering ˈkəv(ə)riŋ, -rēŋ ; covers ) Etymology: Middle English coveren, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINS — plural of sin present third singular of sin
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — ˈməltəˌtüd, -tə.ˌtyüd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin multitudo, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — (n.) A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of …
Английский словарь Webster
MULTITUDE — ( n. ) A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SINS — /sinz/ , n. a gyroscopic device indicating the exact speed and position of a vessel, as indicated by differences in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — /mul"ti toohd', -tyoohd'/ , n. 1. a great number; host: a multitude of friends. 2. a great number of people …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIDE — hide 1 — hidable , adj. — hidability , n. — hider , n. /huyd/ , v. , hid, hidden …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIDE — I. ˈhīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hīgid, hīd Date: before 12th century : any of various old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COVER — I. ˈkə-vər verb ( cov·ered ; cov·er·ing ˈkəv-riŋ, ˈkə-və-) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French coverir, covrir, from Latin cooperire, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MULTITUDE — noun the state of being many; numerousness. 2. multitude ·noun a great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection …
Webster English vocab
HIDE — noun an abode or dwelling. 2. hide ·noun the human skin; so called in contempt. 3. hide ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
COVER — noun the lap of a slide valve. 2. cover ·vt to put the usual covering or headdress on. 3. cover …
Webster English vocab
HIDE — [hide] n [ME, fr. OE higid, hid] (bef. 12c): any of various old English units of land area; esp: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIDE — the pelt taken from a cow, steer, or bull of the bovine species, from the pelt of a horse, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
MULTITUDE — multitude BrE AmE ˈmʌlt ɪ tjuːd -ə-, ⇨tʃuːd AmE \ -tuːd -tjuːd ▷ multitude|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — / ˈmʌltɪtjuːd; NAmE -tuːd/ noun ( formal ) 1. [ C ] multitude (of sth/sb) an extremely large number of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIDE — / haɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hid / hɪd; NAmE / hid·den / ˈhɪdn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COVER — / ˈkʌvə(r); NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb HIDE / PROTECT 1. [ vn ] cover sth (with sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — mul ‧ ti ‧ tude /ˈmʌltətjuːd, ˈmʌltɪtjuːd $ -tuːd/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MULTITUDE — n. 1 (often foll. by of) a great number. 2 a large gathering of people; a crowd. 3 (the multitude) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. the human skin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIDE — v. & n. --v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1 tr. put or keep out of sight …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COVER — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MULTITUDE — n. 1 (often foll. by of) a great number. 2 a large gathering of people; a crowd. 3 (the multitude) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIDE — n. & v. n. 1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. the human skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIDE — v. & n. v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1 tr. put or keep out of sight …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COVER — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — n.1 (often foll. by of) a great number. 2 a large gathering of people; a crowd. 3 (the multitude) the …
Oxford English vocab
HIDE — 1. v. & n. --v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1. tr. put or keep out of …
Oxford English vocab
COVER — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. (often foll. by with) protect or conceal by means of a cloth, lid, etc. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MULTITUDE — ( multitudes) 1. A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them. There are a multitude …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIDE — ( hides, hiding, hid, hidden) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COVER — ( covers, covering, covered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MULTITUDE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB cover ▪ Lights were kept low, to cover a multitude of small defects. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MULTITUDE — [noun] [U] - a large number (of something)The city has a multitude of problems, from AIDS to drugs and murder.A …
Cambridge English vocab
MULTITUDE — Synonyms and related words : a mass of, a world of, abundance, acres, army, bags, barrels, bevy, bunch, bushel, cloud, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIDE — Synonyms and related words : Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, accumulate, amass, backlog, be consumed, be gone, be incognito, bearskin, beat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MULTITUDE — n. Function: noun 1 a very large number of individuals or things FF1C; that child always asks a multitude of …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MULTITUDE — noun 1. a very large number of individuals or things that child always asks a multitude of questions Synonyms: army, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIDE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ thick , tough ▪ Elephants have a very tough ~. ▪ leathery , scaly ▪ raw …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIDE — INDEX: 1. to hide something especially by putting it in a secret place 2. to hide yourself 3. to hide …
Longman Activator English vocab
HIDE — See ↑ HIDE 1,2,4,7,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't hide • ↑ place to hide
Longman Activator English vocab
COVER — INDEX: 1. to put something over, on, or around something else 2. to be on top of something 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
MULTITUDE — n. 25B6; noun a multitude of birds : A LOT, a great/large number, a great/large quantity, host, horde, mass, swarm, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIDE — v. 1 conceal, secrete, cache, squirrel away; go underground, take cover, lie low, go into hiding, lurk, go to ground, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SINS — Грехи
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MULTITUDE — сущ. 1) множество; большое число; масса Syn : numerousness 2) толпа (тж. мн.) the multitude Syn : throng множество, большое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIDE — I 1. сущ. 1) кожа, шкура Syn : skin 1., fell I 2) шутл. кожа (человека) to tan smb.'s hide …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COVER — 1. сущ. 1) а) крышка, покрышка, колпак, колпачок The jewel box had a carved wooden cover. ≈ Крышка коробки для …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SINS — Зинс
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SINS — Грехи
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MULTITUDE — multitude.ogg ʹmʋltıtju:d n 1. множество, большое число; масса in multitude - во множестве, в большом количестве 2. 1> толпа 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIDE — hide.ogg _I 1. haıd n 1> шкура; кожа raw hide - кож. парная шкура to have a thick hide - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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