Definitions for conceal
kənˈsilcon·ceal

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hide, conceal(verb)

   prevent from being seen or discovered

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

2. conceal, hold back, hold in(verb)

   hold back; keep from being perceived by others

   "She conceals her anger well"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conceal(Verb)

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

   He tried to conceal the truth about his health.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Conceal(verb)

   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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce conceal?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say conceal in sign language?

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. Adam Schiff:

   This action is long overdue and follows an inexplicable series of events in which the White House played a role in selectively and surreptitiously providing the documents to our Chairman (Nunes), the White House has yet to explain why it attempted to conceal its role in the compilation of these materials. The White House is not a whistleblower and nothing that I was shown justifies such duplicitous conduct.

2. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

3. George Du Maurier:

   Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling, Words that weary and perplex and pander and conceal, Wake the sounds that cannot lie, for all their sweet beguiling The language one need fathom not, but only hear and feel.

4. Steven Schooner:

   No one seems to deny that these were actual conflicts and the players affirmatively attempted to conceal them, that simply cannot be tolerated.

5. Chris Coons:

   I've gotten some reassurance about how difficult it is for them to effectively conceal what we know to have been their illicit nuclear weapons developments there.

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