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Definition: Hidden |
HiddenAdjective1. Not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight". 2. Covered from view; "her face buried (or hidden) in her hands"; "a secret buried deep within herself". 3. 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". 4. Difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hidden" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream that you have hidden away any object, denotes embarrassment in your circumstances. To find hidden things, you will enjoy unexpected pleasures. For a young woman to dream of hiding objects, she will be the object of much adverse gossip, but will finally prove her conduct orderly. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HiddenSynonyms: buried (adj), concealed (adj), obscure (adj), out of sight (adj), secret (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ambush | Adjective: camouflaged, hidden, concealed. |
Concealment | Adjective: concealed; Verb: hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical; private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate; tortuous. |
Latency Implication | Noun: {ant. } latency, inexpression; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala, anagoge; silence; (taciturnity); concealment; more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes, undercurrent. |
Unintelligibility | Obscure, dark, muddy, clear as mud, seen through a mist, dim, nebulous, shrouded in mystery; opaque, dense; undiscernible; (invisible); misty; (opaque); hidden; latent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Hidden places (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) You're hidden and they're exposed (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) Where I will unveil a fifth of whiskey, I have hidden here under my loose, flowing sports shirt (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) In a few moments, transverse magneto energy will surge through your brain, unlocking information hidden deep and dormant that could hold the key to Earth's very survival (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) Sometimes to uncover what is hidden we must first be made to look (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Alan Brennert; Steven Barnes) | |
Lyrics | Hidden behind the window and the door (Good; performing artist: Better Than Ezra) No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M) I don't deserve you unless it's some kind of hidden message (Butterfly; performing artist: Crazy Town) Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above (Higher Love; performing artist: Steve Winwood) Locked inside hidden safe from view (Talk To Me; performing artist: Stevie Nicks; writing credit: C. Sandford) | |
Clever | There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. (references; author: Mark Twain) True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it does. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hidden Agenda (2002) The Hidden Face (1965) Hidden Homicide (1958) The Hidden World (1958) Hidden Guns (1956) | |
Song Titles | Hidden Agenda (performing artist: The Foremen) | |
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A grocery bag spills out junk food (Cheetos, fried pork skins, cookies, cheddar and bacon crackers). There are bananas and oranges hidden in the background. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | ![]() | Feather duster worms, a type of annelid worm, and more specifically, tube- dwelling polychaete worms. The "arms" are actually tentacles or "radioles" at the anterior end of the worm. Most of the worms' bodies are hidden within the tubes they have constructed. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | |
"Junction City Jeepers clean up a hidden trash site on BLM lands". Credit: Saundra Miles. | ![]() | Aerial View of Skilak Lake and the Outlet of Hidden Lake. Credit: Alaska Image Library. | |
![]() | Ceremonies on board, at Toulon, France, 11 September 1951, commemorating her entry into service after she was transferred to the French Navy by the U.S. Navy. Those present, in foreground, are : Vice Admiral Pothnau (in Whites), Commanding French seagoing forces; Rear Admiral Peries (in Blues), Deputy Chief of Staff for French Naval Air; Vice Admiral Sala, Prefet Maritime, Toulon; Captain H.H. Smith-Hutton, USN, Naval Attache; and Captain Kaufmann, USN, (partially hidden). Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | In New York Harbor, 23 May 1942, after her last overhaul. HMS Biter (British Escort Aircraft Carrier, 1942) is in the left background, partially hidden by Quincy's bow. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Thedmore sank into the chair, his face was hidden in his hands. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | He was quite motionless, half hidden in furs, a mammal on the borderland of the unknown. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Hunting the hidden treasure. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | May they never have to be hidden or kept in the dark again. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Partially hidden beauty" by Martin Kessel Commentary: "A swallowtail butterfly in amongs the grass and flowers of Austria." | "Finding Hidden Ghosts 2" by K.C. Hohensee Commentary: "The ghosts come out when the flash goes off." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | The hidden harmony is better than the obvious. |
Blaise Pascal | Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. |
Francis Bacon | Nature is often hidden; sometimes overcome; seldom extinguished. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. |
| Oh, how much is today hidden by science! Oh, how much it is expected to hide! | |
Jean Racine | It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey. |
Ovid | The cause is hidden, but the result is well known. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff. |
Soren Kierkegaard | Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Every offence, that can be committed in the state of nature, may in the state of nature be also punished equally, and as far forth as it may, in a commonwealth: for though it would be besides my present purpose, to enter here into the particulars of the law of nature, or its measures of punishment; yet, it is certain there is such a law, and that too, as intelligible and plain to a rational creature, and a studier of that law, as the positive laws of commonwealths; nay, possibly plainer; as much as reason is easier to be understood, than the fancies and intricate contrivances of men, following contrary and hidden interests put into words; for so truly are a great part of the municipal laws of countries, which are only so far right, as they are founded on the law of nature, by which they are to be regulated and interpreted. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | To every villainous meanness of this model man it gave a hidden, higher, Socialistic interpretation, the exact contrary of its real character. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | She gave it just a touch to set it rocking, and it went on vigorously by itself, as if it contained some hidden machinery |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, and sepulchres of bones |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The heart, making itself guilty of such secrets, must perforce hold them until the day when all hidden things shall be revealed |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Cosette came out of the kind of hole where she had hidden. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He waited in stupor of mind till it should lift and reveal what it had hidden. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Secret gardens hidden in the weeds |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | After BPH surgery, the tissue removed is routinely checked for hidden cancer cells. (references) | |
Bleeding can sometimes occur without the person noticing it. This type of bleeding is called occult or hidden. (references) | ||
Because syphilis sores can be hidden in the vagina, rectum, or mouth, it may not be obvious that a sex partner has syphilis. (references) | ||
Business | A lease contract must also be soundly written, from a legal point of view, so that its terms are enforceable and avoid hidden problems presented by Russian legislation. (references) | |
Children | Nepal | Families often are stigmatized by and ashamed of family members with disabilities, who may be hidden away or neglected. (references) |
Zimbabwe | According to traditional belief, persons with disabilities are considered bewitched, and reports of children with disabilities being hidden when visitors arrive are common. (references) | |
Economic History | Georgia | Under-employment and hidden employment remain widespread. (references) |
Minorities | Hungary | After several failed attempts to register a complaint with the police, one of the Rom took a hidden camera to the police station and recorded the police officer threatening to beat him and stating that it was unfortunate he had not been killed during the incident. (references) |
Political Economy | RUSSIA | Low domestic prices for energy, which are provided to all industries, are seen by some as providing a hidden subsidy to some export industries, such as metals producers. (references) |
BRAZIL | Although the mobile inspection teams have been effective, the hidden nature of forced labor and the lack of effective prosecution of those who recruit and contract forced laborers allow perpetrators to operate with relative impunity. (references) | |
Women | Poland | Violence against women remains hidden, particularly in small towns and villages. (references) |
Niger | Prostitution, which is illegal and hidden, is more prevalent near major mining and military sites. (references) | |
Portugal | Domestic and other violence against women reportedly was a common but partially hidden problem for which few seek legal recourse. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brazil | Due to the hidden and informal nature of child labor, children are especially vulnerable to workplace accidents and often work in dangerous conditions. (references) |
Brazil | Despite the efforts of the Mobile Unit, its overall impact on the incidence of forced labor has been limited by insufficient resources, the hidden nature of forced labor in remote areas, and the few prosecutions in the justice system. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | A second frigate has indeed fallen into the hands of the enemy, but the loss is hidden in the blaze of heroism with which she was defended. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | That such a country should have been overwhelmed and so long hidden, as it were, from the world under a gloomy despotism has been a cause of unceasing and deep regret to generous minds for ages past. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We have brought inflation down faster than we thought we could and have thus deprived government of those hidden revenues that occur when inflation pushes people into higher income tax brackets. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Hidden" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 61.30% of the time. "Hidden" is used about 3,111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 61.3% | 1,907 | 4,484 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 38.63% | 1,202 | 6,447 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hidden" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hidden | Last name | 170 | 47,054 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "hidden". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Essa | N/A | N/A | Hidden |
| Almon | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Almon-diblathaim | N/A | Biblical | Hidden in a cluster of fig trees |
| Apocrypha | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Baal-zephon | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Esther | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Jaalam | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Lot | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Pallu | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Phallu | N/A | Biblical | Hidden |
| Zaphnath-paaneah | N/A | Biblical | One who discovers hidden things |
| Esta | N/A | English | Hidden |
| Hester | N/A | English | Hidden |
| Esteri | N/A | Finnish | Hidden |
| Eszter | N/A | Hungarian | Hidden |
| Ester | N/A | Scandinavian | Hidden |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Hidden Hearing International Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "hidden": be hidden ♦ be hidden from ♦ hidden agenda ♦ hidden away ♦ hidden column ♦ hidden danger ♦ Hidden fifths ♦ hidden flag ♦ Hidden Hills ♦ Hidden Markov Model ♦ Hidden Meadows ♦ hidden meaning ♦ Hidden octaves ♦ hidden purpose ♦ hidden reserve ♦ hidden reserves ♦ hidden statistics ♦ hidden talent ♦ hidden tax ♦ hidden text ♦ hidden things ♦ hidden unemployment ♦ Hidden Valley ♦ Hidden Valley Lake. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hidden": hidden-away, hidden-line, hidden-surface. | |
Ending with "hidden": half-hidden, semi-hidden, well-hidden. | |
Containing "hidden": Cherokee Village-Hidden Valley. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hidden camera | 3,372 | hidden cam sex | 125 |
hidden camera pic | 2,755 | hidden video camera | 117 |
hidden cam | 1,737 | hidden file about me | 116 |
hidden | 1,621 | free hidden cam | 116 |
hidden hitch | 521 | hidden camera picture | 114 |
emoticons hidden | 438 | hidden legend temple | 112 |
city hidden package vice | 363 | hidden mickeys | 105 |
crouching tiger hidden dragon | 334 | hidden valley ranch | 99 |
hidden picture | 240 | hidden beach | 99 |
hidden sex camera | 195 | hidden mountain resort | 98 |
hidden and dangerous | 182 | hidden eyes | 91 |
hidden sex | 176 | hidden toilet cam | 91 |
hidden valley | 172 | emotion hidden | 89 |
hidden web cam | 172 | hidden hills | 86 |
hidden video | 155 | hidden nj resort valley | 85 |
city hidden map package vice | 151 | hidden spy cam | 82 |
emoticons hidden yahoo | 147 | hidden upskirt | 80 |
city gta hidden package vice | 143 | wireless hidden camera | 79 |
hidden spy camera | 133 | hidden lake | 78 |
auto city grand hidden package theft vice | 131 | hidden garden | 77 |
hidden cam pic | 77 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hidden"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | weggesteek, verskole, verhole, verborge. (various references) | |
Albanian | sekret (confidential, privity, secret, undercover), i mistershëm (cryptic, magic, magical, mysterious, mystic, occult, puzzling, uncanny, weird), i futur (epenthetic, input, intruder, out of the way, sunken), i fshehur (backstage, concealed, latent, on the lam, privy, reserved, secret), i fshehtë (backdoor, clandestine, close, colorable, colourable, confidential, cryptic, dark, deep, deep-seated, elfish, elvish, esoteric, furtive, hole-and-corner, insidious, internal, latent, occult, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, secret, secretive, sly, stealthy, subterranean, under the counter, under the table, under wraps, undercover, underhand, underhanded, unearthly, veiled), fshehur, fsheharak (dissembling, dissimulation). (various references) | |
Arabic | كامن (concealed, implicit, inherent, latent, potential), مكتوم (concealed, hugger mugger, hush hush, kept secret, recondite, secretive), مموه, مستور (sheltered), مستتر (concealed, concealing oneself, covered), مخفى (hideaway), مختف, مخبوء, مخبئ, خفي (covert, cryptic, disguised, invisible, mysterious, occult, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, ulterior, unseen, veiled), إستتر (lurk, occult). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скрит (cagey, cagy, clandestine, close, covert, delitescent, dormant, furtive, implicit, implied, insidious, latent, occult, potential, private, privy, recondite, secret, sneaking, snug, ulterior, underlying). (various references) | |
Chinese | 閟 (hide), 隱 (concealed, secret), 癙 (scrofula, secret), 掩藏 (HID, hide, hiding), 暗 (dark, gloomy, secret, to defy, to fight, to resist), 潛在 (latent, potential), 潛 (latent, secret, to conceal, to hide, to submerge), 不可告人 (kept secret, not to be divulged), 丏 . (various references) | |
Czech | skrytý (covert, latent, recondite, retired, secret, snug, submersed, underlying). (various references) | |
Danish | hemmelige rum,hvor der kan gemmes varer (concealed spaces where goods may be hidden), skjult celle (hidden cell), blindzone (blind zone, hidden layer), ikke-addresserbart lager (hidden buffer), indirekte skat (hidden tax), residualafgift (hidden tax, residual tax), skjult arbejdsløshed (concealed unemployment, disguised unemployment, hidden unemployment), afgiftsrest (hidden tax, residual tax), skjult bufferlager (hidden buffer), usynlige data (hidden entry, invisible entry), skjult enhed (hidden unit, internal unit), skjult fejl (concealed defect, hidden defect, latent defect), skjult ordre (hidden order), skjult søjle (hidden column, masked column), skjult skat (hidden tax), skjult tekst (blast-through alphanumerics, hidden text), skjulte data (hidden entry, invisible entry), skjult beskadigelse (concealed damage, hidden damage). (various references) | |
Dutch | verdekt, verborgen (secret, veiled), clandestien. (various references) | |
Esperanto | kaŝita. (various references) | |
Finnish | salainen (clandestine, concealed, confidential, secret, underhand). (various references) | |
French | invisible, dissimulé, dérobé, caché. (various references) | |
German | versteckt (concealed, covert, covertly, disguised, encrypted, ensconces, furtive, hides, larval, latent, oblique, secret, sly, stashes, ulterior, veiled), verborgen (concealed, crypt, cryptic, cryptly, dormant, inner, latent, lend out, occult, secret, ulterior), unsichtbare (invisibly). (various references) | |
Greek | κρυμμένος (latent, tucked away), κεκρυμμένοσ, μυστικόσ (clandestine, esoteric, hugger mugger, mystical, private, privy, privy to, secret, suppressible, surreptitious, undercover, underground, undisclosed), μετοχή του hide. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | fshehur. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוצפן (concealed, encoded), מוצנע (modest), מוסתר (covert, under wraps), עלום (hiding, secret, unknown), חבוי (intrinsic, intrinsical, latent, latescent), כמוס (concealed, inscrutable, latent, occult, secret, ulterior), גלום (amorphous, concealed, crude, inchoate, latent, mantle, raw, robe, wrapped in), גנוז (concealed, hermetic, latent, secret), בלוע (swallowed), טמיר (latent, secret), טמון (concealed), צפון, ספון (covered), נעלם (concealed, unknown), נסתר (concealed, cryptic, latent, latescent, occult, recondite). (various references) | |
Hungarian | titkos (clandestine, classified, confidential, covert, cryptic, esoteric, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, hugger-mugger, hush hush, inner, lurky, mystic, occult, privy, secret, sneaking, stealthy, surreptitious, top secret, undercover), takar (hid, to cover, to hide), rejtett (arcane, clandestine, concealed, covert, dormant, hooded, hugger-mugger, inner, latent, latent image, occult, perdu, potential, privy, recondite, stealthy, surreptitious), rejtőzve elhelyezkedik (hid, to hide), rejtőzik (hid, to hide, to hole up, to keep out of sight, to lie low, to lurk, to play injun), rejt (hid, to hide), elrejt (conceal, disguise, ensconce, hid, hide, hide away, obscure, secrete, smother, to cache, to conceal, to disguise, to eloign, to enshroud, to hide, to recess, to screen, to secrete, to shelter, to smother up, to squirrel away, to stash, vail), eldug (hid, hide, to cache, to hide, to secrete, to squirrel away), elbújik (go in, hid, to abscond, to go home to one's woods, to hide). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tersembunyi (latent, privy, reclusive, underground), terselubung (concealed, latent, unseen), terpendam (buried, held in the heart), gaib (incrutable, invisible, magic, mysterious, occult, supernatural, unseen), batin (arcane, inner, internal, mental, mind, moral, secret). (various references) | |
Italian | occulto (occult, secret), nascosto (blind, cached, covert, cryptic, occult, sneaking, stealthy, ulterior, underhand, unseen), latente (encrypted, ensconces, latent, occult), ignoto (unknown), coperto (clothed, cover charge, covered, overcast, place setting). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 韜晦 , 隠れ (crypto, underground), 人知れず (inward, secret, unseen), 人知れぬ (inward, secret, unseen). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひとしれず (inward, secret, unseen), ひとしれぬ (inward, secret, unseen), かくれ (crypto, underground), とうかい (collapse, crumbling, destruction, eastern sea, region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan). (various references) | |
Korean | 숨기는 (HID, secretive, sheltered). (various references) | |
Manx | keillit (cloaked, concealed, covert, furtive, secreted, underground, veiled), follit (blind, blind of turning, bottled up, clandestine, classified, concealed, covert, cryptic, etc., etc.), hush-hush, latent, private, private and confidential, secret, secreted, underground, veiled). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iddenhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escondido (close, furtive, hideaway, hush-hush, lam, offscreen, privy, secret, stealthy, ulterior). (various references) | |
Romanian | mistic (mystic, mystically, secret), acoperit (covered, heavy, indoor, overhung), ascuns (abstruse, backstairs, blind, cagey, close, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, furtive, masked, mystic, occult, postern, privy, q.t., quiet, recondite, secluded, secret, secretive, self contained, sneaking, stealthy, sunken, ulterior, uncommunicative, underground, underhand, undiscovered), camuflat (black-outed, disguised, gilded, masked, secret), dosit (concealed), dosnic (secluded), ferit (immune, safe, safely, secret), furiş (furtive, secret, stealthy, surreptitious), lãturalnic (dishonest, roundabout, secret, side), înfundat (bottomed, stifled, sunk), misterios (awsome, daedal, dark, darkly, deep, enigmatical, enigmatically, mysterious, mysteriously, mystic, occult, secret, uncanny, unsearchable), tainic (close, cover, covert, dark, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, intimate, isolated, mysterious, mysteriously, mystic, obscure, private, privy, quiet, secret, stealthy), neştiut (obscure, out of the way, secret, strange, unknown), negru (black, blackened, Brown, coon, dark, dirtiness, dirty, foul, ghost writer, grimy, jim crow, negro, penny-a-liner, sable, sun-burnt, swarthy, tawny, wicked), nepãtruns (abstruse, secret), ocult (abstruse, mystic, occult, recondite, secret, supernatural), participiu trecut de la hide, secret (arcanum, close, confidential, cover, covertly, hugger mugger, internal, mysterious, mystery, occult, private, privy, quiet, reticence, secrecy, secret, secretly, ulterior, underground, undisclosed, unspoken, untold), surd (deaf, dull, hollow, secret, sharp, smothered, unvoiced), tãinuit (concealed, discreet, secret, secretive), latent (implicit, latent, latently). (various references) | |
Russian | скрытый (arcane, clandestine, concealed, covert, cryptic, delitescent, dormant, esoteric, in disguise, inside, larval, latent, masked, obscure, occult, offstage, quiet, secret, stealthy, supressed, ulterior), спрятанный (hooded, wrapped up in). (various references) | |
Scottish | falach (a hiding, hiding : am falach, in hiding). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zadnji (after, back, hinder, last, latest, rear, rearward, reversing, ulterior), tajanstven (arcane, dark, eldritch, mysterious, occult, orphic, secretive), skriven (cachectic, delitescent, dormant, furtive, hole-and-corner, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious), sakriven (latent), particip proš. od hide. (various references) | |
Spanish | oculto (absconded, covert, occult, unseen), secreto (arcane, back door, backstairs, classified, covert, crypt, cryptic, dark, hugger mugger, inside, privacy, private, privy, secrecy, secret, sub rosa, under wraps, underground, unseen). (various references) | |
Swedish | dold (close, concealed, latent, occult, secret), gömd (close), förborgad. (various references) | |
Thai | กริยาช่องที่ 3 ของ hide, ซึ่งปกปิด. (various references) | |
Turkish | saklı (behind, clandestine, close, covered, covert, crypto-, perdu, Perdue, privy, secret, snug), kuytu (corner, cranny, Lee, nook, obscure, quiet, retired, sheltered, snug), gizli (arcane, back door, blind, camera, clandestine, classified, closet, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, crypto-, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush hush, inner, intimate, latent, masked, occult, perdu, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, restricted, sealed, secluded, secret, secretly, slinky, sneaking, sneakingly, sneaky, snug, stealthy, sub rosa, submerged, submersed, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under cover, underarm, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unsearchable, unseen), gizlenmiş (behind, concealed, disguised, lurking, perdu, Perdue, tucked away). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gizlin (illegal, secret). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схований (hooded), потайний (furtive). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cầu an bảo mạng (hide). (various references) | |
Welsh | dirgeledig (mystical, secret), cuddiedig (concealed), cudd (concealed), ce+l (concealed, concealment), argel (concealment, occult, refuge, secret, secret place). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | apokryphos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abditis, abdito, abscondita, absconditae, abscondite, absconditi, absconditis, abscondito, absconditos, absconditum, absconditus, absconsa, absconsae, absconsas, absconse, absconsis, arcanus, clandestinus, condita, conditae, condite, conditorum, conditum, conditus, furtivus, latentem, latentes, latentibus, occulta, occulte, occultis, occulto, occultos, occultum, occultus, operta, opertam, operti, opertique, opertis, operto, opertos, opertum, opertus, secreta, secrete, secretiora, secretiori, secretis, secreto, secretorum, secretum, secretus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | deogollice. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 12 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In exultatione iustorum multa gloria regnantibus impiis ruinae hominum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In the ful out ioying of riytwis men myche glorie is; regnende vnpitous men, fallingus ben of men. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | When righteous men rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Sa diha nga ang matarung makadaug adunay dakung himaya; Apan sa diha nga ang dautan motindog, ang mga tawo manago sa ilang kaugalingon. |
| Croatian | Velika je slava kad se raduju pravednici, a kad se dižu opaki, ljudi se kriju. |
| Danish | Når retfærdige jubler, er Herligheden stor, vinder gudløse frem, skal man lede efter Folk. |
| Dutch | Als de rechtvaardigen opspringen van vreugde, is er grote heerlijkheid; maar als de goddelozen opkomen, wordt de mens nauw gezocht. |
| Finnish | Kun vanhurskaat riemuitsevat, on ihanuus suuri; mutta kun jumalattomat nousevat, saa ihmisiä hakea. |
| French | Quand les justes triomphent, c`est une grande gloire; Quand les méchants s`élèvent, chacun se cache. |
| German | Wenn die Gerechten Oberhand haben, so geht's sehr fein zu; wenn aber Gottlose aufkommen, wendet sich's unter den Leuten. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè se moun k'ap fè sa ki dwat ki rive chèf, se fèt pou tout moun. Men, lè se mechan an ki rive chèf, tout moun al kache. |
| Hungarian | Mikor örvendeznek az igazak, nagy ékesség az; mikor pedig az istentelenek feltámadnak, keresni kell az embert. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Bila orang baik berkuasa, semua orang senang, kalau orang jahat memerintah, rakyat bersembunyi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila tamasyalah orang-orang benar maka adalah kemuliaan besar, tetapi apabila berbangkitlah orang-orang jahat, maka diselidiknya jikalau akan orang hina sekalipun. |
| Italian | Grande è la gioia quando trionfano i giusti, ma se prevalgono gli empi ognuno si nasconde. |
| Maori | ¶ Nui atu te ataahua, ina koa te hunga tika: engari ki te ara te hunga kino, ka huna nga tangata i a ratou. |
| Norwegian | Når de rettferdige jubler, er alt herlighet og glede; men når de ugudelige kommer sig op, må en lete efter folk. |
| Rumanian | Cknd biruiesc cei neprihqniyi, este o mare slavq, dar cknd se knalyq cei rqi, fiecare se ascunde. - |
| Russian | лПЗДБ ФПТЦЕУФЧХАФ РТБЧЕДОЙЛЙ, ЧЕМЙЛБС УМБЧБ, ОП ЛПЗДБ ЧПЪЧЩЫБАФУС ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩЕ, МАДЙ ХЛТЩЧБАФУС. |
| Spanish | Cuando triunfan los justos, grande es la gloria; pero cuando se levantan los impíos, se esconden los hombres. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hidden": hiddenite, hiddenites, hiddenly, hiddenness, hiddennesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hidden": chidden, outchidden. (additional references) | |
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"Hidden" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eiddwen, hadde, haden, Hedden, Heddow, Heddwen, heden, heeden, Henden, Hidab, hidded, hiddez, hiddon, hidel, hiden, hideo, hidet, Hinden, hiten, hodden, Hodsden, howden, Hyden, Hydon, Iddon, kidden, Lidden, Niddmen, Rhydwen, Shedden. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hidden" (pronounced hi"dun) |
| 4 | -i" d u n | overridden, ridden. |
| 3 | -d u n | abandon, bedridden, beholden, broaden, burden, cordon, deaden, downtrodden, embolden, forbidden, garden, gladden, golden, harden, Holden, Jordan, laden, leaden, Linden, Loden, Louden, madden, maiden, menhaden, Myrmidon, olden, overburden, pardon, prekindergarten, prostaglandin, redden, sadden, sodden, Soldan, sudden, tendon, unburden, warden, widen, wooden. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-h-i-n" | |
-1 letter: dined, hided, nided. | |
-2 letters: deni, died, dine, hide, hied, hind, nide. | |
-3 letters: den, did, die, din, edh, end, hen, hid, hie, hin. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, eh, en, he, hi, id, in, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-h-i-n" | |
+1 letter: chidden. | |
+2 letters: dihedron, headwind, hiddenly, hindered, hoidened, shedding. | |
+3 letters: anhydride, dihedrons, hagridden, headlined, headwinds, hendiadys, hiddenite, hidebound, pinheaded, shredding. | |
+4 letters: admonished, anhydrides, behindhand, blandished, brandished, diminished, dishonored, haciendado, handmaiden, handpicked, hiddenites, hiddenness, highhanded, hoodwinked, ironhanded, maidenhead, maidenhood, mishandled, outchidden, sandwiched, shoddiness, shuddering, unhindered, unshielded, windshield. | |
+5 letters: caddishness, deadheading, dehumanized, dehydrating, dehydration, downshifted, faddishness, godchildren, haciendados, handicapped, handmaidens, hendiadyses, kindhearted, maidenheads, maidenhoods, philandered, philodendra, reddishness, thunderbird, widdershins, windshields. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Derived from | 17. Names: Company Usage 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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