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Hidden

Definition: Hidden

Hidden

Adjective

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Hidden

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: Hidden

Synonyms: buried (adj), concealed (adj), obscure (adj), out of sight (adj), secret (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hidden

ContextSynonyms 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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Crosswords: Hidden

English words defined with "hidden": amazing, anagram, anagrammatise, anagrammatize, At gaze, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awingback, Behind the scenes, booby trap, bug, bugged, buriedcabalistic, cache, catch, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, concealed, concealment, cookie jar, cooky jar, covert, cryptic, cryptical, cut, cuttingDern, Deuteroscopy, divinerEsotericsflick-knife, food cacheground-emplaced minehalf, Hid, Hidden fifths, Hiddenly, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hushinsidiousland mine, latent content, lugubriouslyMagic musicobscure, occult, Occulted, on the quiet, open, out of sight, overtpernicious, person, privacy, privateness, privyrearsecluded, secrecy, secret, Semirecondite, sibylline, smoke, subtle, surreptitious, Syconustreasure hunt, treasure trove, Treasure-trove, troveunconcealed, undercover, underground, Unsearchable. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hidden": 386SPART.PAR8.3abstract data type, Ada, Almon, Arrière Penséeback painting, backpainting, Bahr Geist, Baum Welch algorithm, Berze-behandling, biogeochemical prospecting, block canvassing, Books, Breakers AheadCALATHEA ALLOUIA, CALATOLA, chaos in the brain, concealable illuminating lamp, convertible sofa, convertible sofa bed, correction officer, Cryptozoic, cyclebabbledecoy ship, disclosed reserveselectrophoretic displayfirewall machine, FLUOROSCOPE OPERATORGaels, Gild the Pill, God, graphics accelerator, Griffon, Griffenhidden flagJamshid'Lost IslandMacintosh file system, Michmash, multilayer perceptronnadger, Nahbiout-of-bandPartnership, PATROL CONDUCTOR, PROFILING-MACHINE OPERATOR, pull-down menuQ-shiprecessing-machine operator, regalia, Roskind grammarsSanskrit, Sethur, Shophan, special-case, stationary method, step encipherment, step encypherment, subject indexthe negative track, Thorns, tickle a bug, tracing floatWELD INSPECTOR I, welding testerZacocia, Z-buffer, Zuse. (references)
Etymologies containing "hidden": Occulted. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hidden

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hidden

DomainTitle

References

  • Hidden Hearing International Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo (reference)

  • The Travel Detective Flight Crew Confidential: People Who Fly for a Living Reveal Insider Secrets and Hidden Values in Cities and Airports Around the World (reference)

  • Beyond Amalgam: The Hidden Health Hazard Posed by Jawbone Cavitations (reference)

  • Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (reference)

  • Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • NFL: Hidden NFL II - The Locker Room Tapes (reference)

  • Farscape #10 - Nerve/The Hidden Memory (reference)

  • Hidden Treasures - Affordable Signed Costume Jewelry (reference)

  • Hidden Agenda (reference)

  • Akira Kurosawa - 4 Samurai Classics (Seven Samurai / The Hidden Fortress / Yojimbo / Sanjuro) - Criterion Collection (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Hidden

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Photo Album: Hidden

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Hidden
 

"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.

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Familiar Quotations: Hidden

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Historic Usage: Hidden

AuthorDateQuotation

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Hidden

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hidden

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: Hidden

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817A 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

1817-1825That 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

1981-1989We 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

2001-2005The 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.

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Usage Frequency: Hidden

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)61.3%1,9074,484
Adjective (general or positive)38.63%1,2026,447
Lexical Verb (past tense)0.03%1339,140
Noun (proper)0.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3,111N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hidden

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HiddenLast name17047,054
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Hidden

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "hidden".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
EssaN/AN/A

Hidden

AlmonN/ABiblical

Hidden

Almon-diblathaimN/ABiblical

Hidden in a cluster of fig trees

ApocryphaN/ABiblical

Hidden

Baal-zephonN/ABiblical

Hidden

EstherN/ABiblical

Hidden

JaalamN/ABiblical

Hidden

LotN/ABiblical

Hidden

PalluN/ABiblical

Hidden

PhalluN/ABiblical

Hidden

Zaphnath-paaneahN/ABiblical

One who discovers hidden things

EstaN/AEnglish

Hidden

HesterN/AEnglish

Hidden

EsteriN/AFinnish

Hidden

EszterN/AHungarian

Hidden

EsterN/AScandinavian

Hidden

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Hidden

CountryName
United Kingdom

Hidden Hearing International Plc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Hidden

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hidden

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Hidden

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 

  

(hide), (concealed, secret), (scrofula, secret), 掩藏 (HID, hide, hiding), (dark, gloomy, secret, to defy, to fight, to resist), 潛在 (latent, potential), (latent, secret, to conceal, to hide, to submerge), 不可告人 (kept secret, not to be divulged), . (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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hidden

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

apokryphos. (various references)

Latin500 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 English450-1100

deogollice. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Hidden

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 28, Verse 12
Latin405VulgateIn exultatione iustorum multa gloria regnantibus impiis ruinae hominum
Middle English1395WyclifIn the ful out ioying of riytwis men myche glorie is; regnende vnpitous men, fallingus ben of men.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWhen righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Victorian English1833WebsterWhen righteous men rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Basic English1964OgdenWhen 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Hidden

LanguageProverbs 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.
CroatianVelika je slava kad se raduju pravednici, a kad se dižu opaki, ljudi se kriju.
DanishNår retfærdige jubler, er Herligheden stor, vinder gudløse frem, skal man lede efter Folk.
DutchAls de rechtvaardigen opspringen van vreugde, is er grote heerlijkheid; maar als de goddelozen opkomen, wordt de mens nauw gezocht.
FinnishKun vanhurskaat riemuitsevat, on ihanuus suuri; mutta kun jumalattomat nousevat, saa ihmisiä hakea.
FrenchQuand les justes triomphent, c`est une grande gloire; Quand les méchants s`élèvent, chacun se cache.
GermanWenn 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.
HungarianMikor örvendeznek az igazak, nagy ékesség az; mikor pedig az istentelenek feltámadnak, keresni kell az embert.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBila orang baik berkuasa, semua orang senang, kalau orang jahat memerintah, rakyat bersembunyi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaApabila tamasyalah orang-orang benar maka adalah kemuliaan besar, tetapi apabila berbangkitlah orang-orang jahat, maka diselidiknya jikalau akan orang hina sekalipun.
ItalianGrande 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.
NorwegianNår de rettferdige jubler, er alt herlighet og glede; men når de ugudelige kommer sig op, må en lete efter folk.
RumanianCknd biruiesc cei neprihqniyi, este o mare slavq, dar cknd se knalyq cei rqi, fiecare se ascunde. -
RussianлПЗДБ ФПТЦЕУФЧХАФ РТБЧЕДОЙЛЙ, ЧЕМЙЛБС УМБЧБ, ОП ЛПЗДБ ЧПЪЧЩЫБАФУС ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩЕ, МАДЙ ХЛТЩЧБАФУС.
SpanishCuando 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hidden

Derivations

Words beginning with "hidden": hiddenite, hiddenites, hiddenly, hiddenness, hiddennesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "hidden": chidden, outchidden. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Hidden"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hidden" (pronounced hi"dun)
4-i" d u noverridden, ridden.
3-d u nabandon, 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.

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Anagrams: Hidden

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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