What does conceal mean?

Definitions for conceal
kənˈsilcon·ceal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hide, concealverb

    prevent from being seen or discovered

    "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

  2. conceal, hold back, hold inverb

    hold back; keep from being perceived by others

    "She conceals her anger well"

Wiktionary

  1. concealverb

    To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

    He tried to conceal the truth about his health.

  2. Etymology: From conceler, from concelare, infinitive of concelo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To CONCEALverb

    To hide; to keep secret; not to divulge; to cover; not to detect.

    Etymology: concelo, Latin.

    He oft’ finds med’cine, who his grief imparts;
    But double griefs afflict concealing hearts. Fairy Queen, b. i.

    Come, Catesby, thou art sworn
    As deeply to effect what we intend,
    As closely to conceal what we impart. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

    Ulysses himself adds, he was the most eloquent and the most silent of men: he knew that a word spoke never wrought so much good as a word concealed. , Notes on the Odyssey.

    There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men, that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. conceal

    Concealment devices or diversion safes are used to hide things for the purpose of secrecy or security. They are made from an ordinary household object such as a book, a soda can, a candle, a can, or something as small as a coin. The idea is that such an inconspicuous object would not be expected to contain anything of worth. Examples in espionage include dead drop spikes for transferring items to other people, and hollowed-out coins or hollowed out teeth for concealing something - such as microfilm or a suicide pill. Examples in smuggling include suitcases with false bottoms for hiding contraband. During World War II MI9 was responsible for creating many concealment devices for "escape aids" to assist prisoners of war to escape.

ChatGPT

  1. conceal

    To conceal means to hide or keep away from sight, to prevent from being known or noticed, or to keep something secret. It can involve physical concealment, like hiding an object, or abstract, such as hiding a truth or a feeling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Concealverb

    to hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Conceal

    kon-sēl′, v.t. to hide completely or carefully: to keep secret; to disguise: to keep from telling.—adjs. Conceal′able, that may be concealed; Concealed′, hidden.—n. Conceal′ment, act of concealing: secrecy: disguise: hiding-place: (Shak.) a mystery. [O. Fr. conceler—L. concelāre, from con, inten., and celāre, to hide.]

British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'conceal' in Verbs Frequency: #798

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of conceal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of conceal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of conceal in a Sentence

  1. Architect Gary Beyerl:

    Trellises give you the advantage of perception, they conceal the view but let light and breezes pass through. They’re less oppressive than an actual fence.

  2. Benjamin Franklin:

    He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom.

  3. Adam Leventhal:

    Vaping – whether it’s solutions with nicotine, marijuana preparations, or just drug-free solutions – is easy for teens to conceal because the devices can be set to release non-visible vapor and the smell of such vapors is much less odorous than tobacco or marijuana smoking.

  4. William Penn:

    Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

  5. Robert Louis Stevenson:

    If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say give them up, for they may be all you have; but conceal them like a vice, lest they should spoil the lives of better and simpler people.

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