hiding

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hid·ing BrE [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] NAmE [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] noun
1. uncountable the state of being hidden
•After the trial, she had to go into hiding for several weeks.
•He only came out of hiding ten years after the war was over.
•We spent months in hiding.
2. countable, usually singular (informal, especially BrE)a physical punishment, usually involving being hit hard many times
Syn: ↑beating
•to give sb/get a (good) hiding
• (figurative)The team got a hiding in their last game.
Idiom: ↑on a hiding to nothing

Word Origin:
[hiding] n. sense 2 and
early 19th cent. ↑hide ‘animal skin’ ↑-ingn. sense 1 Middle English ↑hide ‘conceal’ ↑-ing

Example Bank:
•He had gone into hiding just after war broke out.
•The fugitive had spent five weeks in hiding.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  concealment, concealing