Definitions for conceal
kənˈsilcon·ceal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 6 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce conceal?

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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. James Harrington:

   There was no effort to conceal anything that we did, the phone call was made from Guantanamo. We weren't trying to hide anything.

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

   To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.

3. Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy:

   They are combining these to pieces of legislation together because they know the conceal carry( bill) is extremely unpopular.

4. Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary", ch. 12:

   ...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity.

5. 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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conceal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Conceal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=conceal
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceal
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceal
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=conceal
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conceal