Hidden
['hɪdn]
Definition
(adj.) difficult to find; 'hidden valleys'; 'a hidden cave'; 'an obscure retreat' .
(adj.) designed to elude detection; 'a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole'; 'a secret passage'; 'the secret compartment in the desk' .
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Definition
(p. p. & a.) from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
(p. p.) of Hide
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Concealed, secret, latent, occult, clandestine, close.[2]. Abstruse, recondite, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, obscure.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you have hidden away any object, denotes embarrassment in your circumstances. To find hidden things, you will enjoy unexpected pleasures. For a young woman to dream of hiding objects, she will be the object of much adverse gossip, but will finally prove her conduct orderly.
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Examples
- There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This time he felt miserable but determined, while she was in a state of agitation which could not be hidden. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was his hidden treachery to which I referred. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now, at least, it will be open war, and not hidden treachery, Maurice! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His brain told him that the chest contained something valuable, or the men would not have hidden it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But worst of all, the door leading to the pits where I had hidden my Princess was ajar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We must be there early and well hidden. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Few ways of life were hidden from Physician, and he was oftener in its darkest places than even Bishop. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He wants me to live hidden in the country. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He did not move from his place, or raise his head from his hands; his hidden eyeballs went on staring into utter darkness. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Its origin, like the telescope, is hidden in the dim distance of the past, but it is believed to antedate the telescope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Soon he discovered a spade hidden by the underbrush which they had laid upon the grave. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The locomotive chuffed slowly between the banks, hidden. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hidden and forgot,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Every line of the writing was hidden in the part which he still held folded up under his hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A strain of plaintive music, played on stringed instruments, and flutes, recalled my attention to the hidden shrine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Presently the Dutchman, Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) brought the first crude microscope to bear upon the hidden minuti? of life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This hidden heat became known as latent heat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I sought a seat for him in a hidden and lovely spot, a dry stump of a tree; nor did I refuse to let him, when seated, place me on his knee. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Been hidden, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No rustling of the leaves--no bird's note in the wood--no cry of water-fowl from the pools of the hidden lake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Perhaps she just looked first into the bouquet, to see whether there was a billet-doux hidden among the flowers; but there was no letter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Bent over the dress, her face was hidden; there was an attempt to settle her features and veil their expression, which failed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His secret temples are hidden in the heart of every community. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She turned and walked away across the enclosure to the gate, and was hidden by the bank. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was something hidden, beyond a doubt, under the mere surface-brutality of the words which her husband had just addressed to her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Nothing is hidden from their inquisition, and their families mutely rule our city. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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