conceal
verb (used with object)
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight.
half-concealing
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a word derived from
conceal.
Example Sentences
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He had a fondness for half-concealing his cleverest effects, so that you might have to read a poem two or three times before you detect the rhyme of "dirigible" with "unmarriageable" or "rosy" with "Mafiosi."
From Time Magazine Archive
But it is somewhat brighter, as though it hung over, half-concealing and smothering, the flames of some grand conflagration.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by F.C. Tilney
Paresi approached him, half-concealing a small metal tube in his hand.
From Breaking Point by James E. Gunn
And Mowbray it was—his cheeks fallen in, the bandage half-concealing his face, but the iron chin locked grimly as ever in the last battle.
From The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series by Fred J. Arting
Nehushta turned and found herself face to face with Atossa, who stood before her, wrapped in a dark mantle, a white veil of Indian gauze wound about her head, and half-concealing her face.
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
