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CONCEAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent from being seen or discovered

Example:

hide the money

Synonyms:

conceal; hide

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conceal"):

veil (to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil)

secrete (place out of sight; keep secret)

block; obstruct (shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight)

cover (spread over a surface to conceal or protect)

bosom (hide in one's bosom)

bury (cover from sight)

cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)

harbor; harbour; shield (hold back a thought or feeling about)

becloud; befog; cloud; fog; haze over; mist; obnubilate; obscure (make less visible or unclear)

disguise; mask (make unrecognizable)

sweep under the rug (to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others)

lurk; skulk (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They conceal themselves

Derivation:

concealing (the activity of keeping something secret)

concealment (the condition of being concealed or hidden)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hold back; keep from being perceived by others

Example:

She conceals her anger well

Synonyms:

conceal; hold back; hold in

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conceal"):

occult (hide from view)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concealing; concealment (the activity of keeping something secret)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Alternatively, you may find out about a secret that someone tried to conceal from you, or if you have a secret, be ready to tell others about it at this full moon.  

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He knew that something valuable was concealed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I will conceal nothing from you.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My hand-mirror had been broken, so a happy thought seized me, and I concealed a piece of the glass in my handkerchief.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He concealed his disappointment, and joined so easily with her in her criticism that she did not realize that deep down in him was running a strong undercurrent of disagreement.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It may have been that his breath was rank, but a horrible feeling of nausea came over me, which, do what I would, I could not conceal.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“You’ll find it knockin’ about by the bitts,” Leach said, sitting down on the edge of the bunk in which I was concealed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Edith Nelson met the unexpected at every turn of the trail, and she trained her vision so that she saw in the landscape, not the obvious, but the concealed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months before my father discovered his abode.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He pays you well, and if he chooses to lie concealed it is no direct business of yours.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)