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conceal
[kuhn-seel]
verb (used with object)
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight.
He concealed the gun under his coat.
to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging.
to conceal one's identity by using a false name.
conceal
/ kənˈsiːl /
verb
to keep from discovery; hide
to keep secret
Other Word Forms
- concealable adjective
- concealability noun
- concealedly adverb
- concealedness noun
- concealer noun
- half-concealed adjective
- half-concealing adjective
- preconceal verb (used with object)
- reconceal verb (used with object)
- semiconcealed adjective
- subconcealed adjective
- unconcealed adjective
- unconcealing adjective
- unconcealingly adverb
- well-concealed adjective
- concealment noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of conceal1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When every inch of her body was concealed, she nestled down into the ground and became part of the landscape.
Under the floorboards of her closet, Smith conceals “glittering refuse I had scavenged from trash bins, fragments of costume jewelry, rosary beads,” along with a blue toothbrush she’s invested with magical powers.
The Dodgers somehow concealed their piñata of a bullpen in the three previous rounds of the postseason, but that bullpen is now catching up with them.
They act as deep coffers for the inset skylights, recalling Kahn’s Yale museum, while their V-shaped section gives them a central channel in which the mechanical systems are concealed, performing their duties unseen.
In a secluded section of Antarctica's western Weddell Sea, researchers have made an extraordinary discovery in an area once concealed beneath 200 meters of solid ice.
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