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CONCEALMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of keeping something secret
Synonyms:
concealing; concealment; hiding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("concealment" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concealment"):
money laundering (concealing the source of illegally gotten money)
stealing; stealth (avoiding detection by moving carefully)
smoke screen; smokescreen (an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure)
burial; burying (concealing something under the ground)
cover-up (concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public)
cover (a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent))
cover; covering; masking; screening (the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it)
mask (activity that tries to conceal something)
camouflage; disguise (the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance)
Derivation:
conceal (hold back; keep from being perceived by others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Example:
the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
Synonyms:
concealment; cover; covert; screen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("concealment" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concealment"):
blind (a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters))
camouflage (device or stratagem for concealment or deceit)
shoji (a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper)
stalking-horse (screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being concealed or hidden
Synonyms:
concealment; privacy; privateness; secrecy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("concealment" is a kind of...):
isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concealment"):
covertness; hiddenness (the state of being covert and hidden)
bosom (the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept)
confidentiality (the state of being secret)
hiding (the state of being hidden)
Derivation:
conceal (prevent from being seen or discovered)
Context examples:
But fear was accompanied by another instinct—that of concealment.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It was because I had already chosen my place of concealment; and if I could not see my boy, it was, at least, some consolation to know that he was near me.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Tell me that it is all absolutely resolved on, that any attempt, that in short concealment, if concealment be possible, is all that remains.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was necessary that I should return without delay to Geneva, there to watch over the lives of those I so fondly loved and to lie in wait for the murderer, that if any chance led me to the place of his concealment, or if he dared again to blast me by his presence, I might, with unfailing aim, put an end to the existence of the monstrous image which I had endued with the mockery of a soul still more monstrous.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
So saying, Sir Nigel mounted the white horse of the Spanish cavalier, and rode quietly forth from his concealment with his three companions behind him, Alleyne leading his master's own steed by the bridle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was some time however before she could unfasten the door, the same difficulty occurring in the management of this inner lock as of the outer; but at length it did open; and not vain, as hitherto, was her search; her quick eyes directly fell on a roll of paper pushed back into the further part of the cavity, apparently for concealment, and her feelings at that moment were indescribable.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He would thrust his nose into the cool wood moss, or into the black soil where long grasses grew, and snort with joy at the fat earth smells; or he would crouch for hours, as if in concealment, behind fungus-covered trunks of fallen trees, wide-eyed and wide-eared to all that moved and sounded about him.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
She seemed for an instant to wish to shrink back inside the house again; and then, seeing how useless all concealment must be, she came forward, with a very white face and frightened eyes which belied the smile upon her lips.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Why did Mr. Rochester enforce this concealment?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
There must be no concealment, she said, Alas! we have had too much already.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
