hold (in)

verb

Definition of hold (in)next
as in to hide

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  1. hide
  2. conceal
  3. veil
  4. mask
  5. secrete
  6. obscure
  7. cloak
Verb
  • At the time, wolves were still considered predatory varmints to be shot from airplanes, trapped and snared for $100 bounty and whatever hides would bring.
    Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Walshe, 49, of Cohasset, is accused of murdering his wife Ana Walshe, dismembering her body on New Years 2023 and hiding it in dumpsters around Greater Boston.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of hide
Verb
  • In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a catastrophic stroke, a debilitating event meticulously concealed from the American public.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But Hegseth's decision to conceal the settlement—choosing self-preservation over honesty—is disqualifying.
    Greg Kelly, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of conceal
Verb
  • In downtown Los Angeles, which was veiled in smoke, local government officials convened for an update at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Iran's hijab laws tighten The hard-line regimes that have reigned since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution have passed laws saying women must be veiled in the presence of men, though women have resisted the rules both domestically and abroad.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of veil
Verb
  • Readers looking for the most recent information regarding masking from the CDC can be found here, according to a statement.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The metrics had masked the messier human experience.
    Ron Carson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of mask
Verb
  • The scroll might have been secreted inside the jewelry because Christianity was not yet widely accepted.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Experts believe a sophisticated supply chain infiltration occurred, during which explosive material was secreted into the pagers prior to their delivery and use.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of secrete
Verb
  • Theories about reasons for insufficient water supply have served as comforting fictions in recent days, obscuring the far scarier reality: California is facing a level of wildfire threat beyond any in its history, the kind that overwhelms our usual definitions of preparedness.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The results of the analysis are estimates, and they are limited by the presence of wildfire smoke partially obscuring satellites.
    Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of obscure
Verb
  • The Claim Multiple images circulating on social media platforms such as X, formerly Twitter, purported to show the iconic Hollywood Sign cloaked in or surrounded by flames.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • On Friday, the Skyline station was cloaked in fog, a hopeful sign that moist conditions could delay a tricky blaze like the Keller Fire, which in October burned 15 acres above the Eastmont hills.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of cloak
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