To be in hiding, as from a pursuer: The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city. [Middle English hiden, from Old English hȳdan; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.] These verbs mean to keep from the sight or knowledge of others.
HIDING definition: act of concealing; concealment. See examples of hiding used in a sentence.
Definition of hiding noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If someone is in hiding, they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found. He is thought to be in hiding near the France-Italy border.
Idiom be on a hiding to nothing (Definition of hiding from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
/ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: hidings Definitions of hiding noun the activity of keeping something secret synonyms: concealing, concealment
hide out to go into or remain in hiding. After breaking out of jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
ⓘ A villain (masculine), or villainess (feminine), also bad guy, baddy or baddie (sometimes known as a "black hat"), [1] is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines such a character as "a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel; or a character in a play ...
The meaning of VILLAIN is a character in a story or play who opposes the hero. How to use villain in a sentence.
VILLAIN definition: 1. a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law: 2. a criminal: 3. a character in a…. Learn more.