conceal
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.
Origin of conceal
1synonym study For conceal
Other words from conceal
- con·ceal·a·ble, adjective
- con·ceal·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- con·ceal·ed·ly, adverb
- con·ceal·ed·ness, noun
- con·ceal·er, noun
- half-con·cealed, adjective
- half-con·ceal·ing, adjective
- pre·con·ceal, verb (used with object)
- re·con·ceal, verb (used with object)
- sem·i·con·cealed, adjective
- sub·con·cealed, adjective
- un·con·cealed, adjective
- un·con·ceal·ing, adjective
- un·con·ceal·ing·ly, adverb
- well-con·cealed, adjective
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How to use conceal in a sentence
In a widely seen video, Seahawks General Manager John Schneider and Pete Carroll called Metcalf, who had concealed his emotions for two days.
Seahawks star DK Metcalf is impossible to miss. So how did the NFL miss on him? | Adam Kilgore | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostSmall in size, the Safavieh tables still pack a decent amount of concealed storage.
The best bedside tables for your bedroom | PopSci Commerce Team | October 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceKoschei is supposed to have hidden his evil soul in the tip of a needle concealed in an egg inside a duck that flies away when pursued.
Preserving a Sense of Wonder in DNA - Issue 92: Frontiers | Virat Markandeya | October 28, 2020 | NautilusIn one new paper, researchers used previous knowledge about the moon’s surface to build a 3-D computer model of the orb, and have detected what they think are tiny shadows that may conceal pockets of billion-year-old ice.
New 3D moon models show it might hold up to 15,000 miles of frozen water | Kat Eschner | October 27, 2020 | Popular-ScienceBack to Padre Giulio … if the girls were disappointed by the headmaster’s order, they did a decent job of concealing it.
Global stocks fall, dollar rises as stimulus talks fade and COVID cases spike | Bernhard Warner | October 26, 2020 | Fortune
Our mockery of celebworld helps us evade the soul-crushing decadence concealed within.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKim Novak's heavy legs were concealed and all logic left on the cutting room floor.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis treachery, however, had been skillfully concealed for years.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe training hours should jump to 80 hours for a concealed carry permit.
In nearly everything they left behind, the family concealed its domestic arrangements.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo doubt these very batteries are now getting back into concealed positions where our ships' guns will not be able to find them.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnBut the strange mystery, the secret that lies concealed within its organization, is realized by but few.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockWhy did he not exercise more precaution when investigating anything so suspicious as a concealed fire?
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair“I have been concealed in the next room, sir, since you returned,” explained Mr. Snodgrass.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for conceal
/ (kənˈsiːl) /
to keep from discovery; hide
to keep secret
Origin of conceal
1Derived forms of conceal
- concealable, adjective
- concealer, noun
- concealment, noun
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