If someone is inhiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found.
Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border.
Hundreds of people are said to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest.
The duchess is expected to come out of hiding to attend the ceremony.
2. countable noun
If you give someone a hiding, you punish them by hitting them many times.
[informal]
3.
See on a hiding to nothing
More Synonyms of hiding
hiding in British English1
(ˈhaɪdɪŋ)
noun
1.
the state of concealment (esp in the phrase in hiding)
2. hiding place
hiding in British English2
(ˈhaɪdɪŋ)
noun
1. informal
a flogging; beating
2. be on a hiding to nothing
hiding in American English1
(ˈhaɪdɪŋ)
noun
Informal
a severe beating; thrashing; flogging
Word origin
< hide2
hiding in American English2
(ˈhaɪdɪŋ)
noun
1.
a.
the act of one that hides
b.
the condition of being hidden
usually in the phrase in hiding
2.
a place to hide
Word origin
ME huydinge
More idioms containing
hiding
be on a hiding to nothing
Examples of 'hiding' in a sentence
hiding
It looks as if she has gone into hiding, as well she might.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no hiding place, and the biggest critic is the referee.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no hiding place.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I have felt as though I have had a good hiding.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is no good hiding from that fact.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It means you can be given a merciless hiding.
The Sun (2009)
There had to be no hiding place.
The Sun (2010)
They were concerned that the suspects would go into hiding or attempt an attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Check it each morning and remove insects you find hiding.
The Sun (2009)
He should come out of hiding and give an account of himself.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But this time there was no hiding place.
The Sun (2006)
No days off and telling the world his players were hopeless after another hiding.
The Sun (2013)
The weak go hiding and the strong stay and fight.
The Sun (2012)
Keeping his weight down was another way of hiding.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some of their relatives have suffered attacks and gone into hiding.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yet it seems it is doomed to be always one step behind greedy dictators adept at finding hiding places.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's time to come out of hiding and get in the kitchen.
The Sun (2012)
Like a person hiding behind giant sunglasses, the tower looks shifty and nervous.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Good hiding places include up a tree, under the stairs or inside a cupboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We'll be looking to go out and give them a hiding.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
After finding a magical hiding place, she is abruptly dragged back to reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
How I came to stop hiding and face the biggest secret of my early life.
Christianity Today (2000)
All related terms of 'hiding'
hide
If you hide something or someone, you put them in a place where they cannot easily be seen or found.
blin
unable to see; sightless
blind
Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
hiding place
A hiding place is a place where someone or something can be hidden , or where they are hiding.
on a hiding to nothing
If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing , you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful.
be on a hiding to nothing
to have absolutely no chance of being successful at what you are trying to do
hideout
A hideout is a place where someone goes secretly because they do not want anyone to find them, for example if they are running away from the police .
Chinese translation of 'hiding'
hiding
(ˈhaɪdɪŋ)
n
to give sb/get a (good) hiding (inf) (痛)打某人/被(痛)打一顿(頓) ((tòng) dǎ mǒurén/bèi (tòng) dǎ yī dùn)
go into/be in hiding躲藏起来(來) (duǒcáng qǐlái)
to come out of hiding从(從)躲藏处(處)出来(來) (cóng duǒcángchù chūlái)
Seehid
Nearby words of
hiding
hide
hide-and-seek
hideous
hiding
high
high chair
high heels
Related terms of
hiding
hide
go into/be in hiding
to come out of hiding
to give sb/get a (good) hiding
(noun)
Definition
a severe beating
(informal)
He was misquoted as saying that the police deserved a bloody good hiding.
Synonyms
beating
the savage beating of a prisoner
whipping
Whenever we misbehaved, we were given a whipping.
thrashing
She knew if she was caught she would get a thrashing.
tanning (slang)
caning
licking (informal)
If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.
flogging
He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging.
spanking
Andrea gave her son a sound spanking.
walloping (informal)
drubbing
following their 5-0 drubbing by Holland
lathering (informal)
whaling
larruping (British, dialect)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of drubbing
Definition
an utter defeat, as in a contest
following their 5-0 drubbing by Holland
Synonyms
beating,
defeat,
hammering (informal),
pounding,
whipping,
thrashing,
licking (informal),
pasting (slang),
flogging,
trouncing,
clobbering (slang),
walloping (informal),
pummelling
in the sense of flogging
He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging.
Synonyms
beating,
hiding (informal),
whipping,
lashing,
thrashing,
caning,
scourging,
trouncing,
flagellation,
horsewhipping
in the sense of licking
If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.