'Hidden' definitions:
Definition of 'hidden'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight" [syn: concealed, hidden, out of sight]
adjective
Designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk" [syn: hidden, secret]
adjective
Difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat" [syn: hidden, obscure]
Definition of 'Hidden'
From: GCIDE
- Hidden \Hid"den\, p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. [1913 Webster]
- Hidden fifths or Hidden octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
- Syn: Hidden, Secret, Covert.
- Usage: Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed. [1913 Webster]
- Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. --1 Cor. iv. 5. [1913 Webster]
- My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hidden'
From: GCIDE
- Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Hid (h[i^]d); p. p. Hidden (h[i^]d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
- 1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. [1913 Webster]
- A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. --Matt. v. 15. [1913 Webster]
- If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. [1913 Webster]
- Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To remove from danger; to shelter. [1913 Webster]
- In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. --Ps. xxvi. 5. [1913 Webster]
- To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." --Prov. xxii. 3.
- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." --Ps. xxx. 7.
- To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." --Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
- Syn: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hidden'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- abstruse,
- arcane,
- beclouded,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- between the lines,
- blind,
- buried,
- cabalistic,
- camouflaged,
- censored,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- clouded,
- concealed,
- covered,
- covert,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- deep,
- delitescent,
- disguised,
- dormant,
- eclipsed,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- guarded,
- hermetic,
- hibernating,
- hid,
- hush-hush,
- imperceptible,
- in a cloud,
- in a fog,
- in eclipse,
- in purdah,
- in the wings,
- incommunicado,
- indiscernible,
- insensible,
- invisible,
- latent,
- lurking,
- muffled,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- out of sight,
- possible,
- potential,
- private,
- privy,
- profound,
- recondite,
- restricted,
- secluded,
- secluse,
- secret,
- sequestered,
- shrouded,
- sightless,
- sleeping,
- smothered,
- stifled,
- submerged,
- suppressed,
- top secret,
- transcendental,
- ulterior,
- unapparent,
- unbeheld,
- unbeholdable,
- unbreatheable,
- under an eclipse,
- under cover,
- under house arrest,
- under security,
- under the surface,
- under wraps,
- underground,
- underlying,
- undiscernible,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unknown,
- unmanifested,
- unnoticed,
- unobserved,
- unperceivable,
- unperceived,
- unrealized,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unseeable,
- unseen,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unviewed,
- unwhisperable,
- unwitnessed,
- veiled,
- viewless,
- virtual,
- wrapped in clouds