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Another word for conceal

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  1. To cut off from sight

      1. something that shuts off a flow or movement, as a valve
      2. a stoppage or interruption
      1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
      2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens:
      3. One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
      1. A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
      2. One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide:
      3. A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
      1. To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
      2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder:
      3. To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen).
      1. Deficient in light; dark:
      2. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct:
      3. Indistinctly heard; faint.
      1. To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
      2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
      3. To cut off from sight; cover up:
      1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
      2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
      3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
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  2. To prevent (something) from being known

      1. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
      2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
      3. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
      1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
      2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens:
      3. One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
      1. A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
      2. A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
      3. A facial covering worn for ritual.
      1. To make silent or quiet.
      2. To calm; soothe.
      3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :
      1. To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
      2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
      3. To cut off from sight; cover up:
      1. To cover with or as if with a shroud:
      1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
      2. To overlay or spread with something:
      3. To put a cover or covering on:
      1. A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
      2. Something that covers or conceals:
      3. To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:
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  3. To put or keep out of sight

      1. To hide or store away in a secret place.
      2. A secret place where something is hidden or stored.
      3. Something, such as money or an illegal drug, that has been hidden or stored.
      1. Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.
      2. A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
      3. Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.
      1. To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland:
      1. Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural or magical influences, agencies, or occurrences:
      2. Available only to the initiate; secret or mysterious:
      3. Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable:
      1. To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
      2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
      3. To cut off from sight; cover up:
      1. To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably:
      2. To place or conceal in a secure place.
      1. An amount of goods or valuables, especially when kept in a concealed or hard-to-reach place:
      2. The concealed or hard-to-reach place used for storing a cache.
      3. A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer.
      1. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter.
      2. To dispose of (a corpse) ritualistically by means other than interment or cremation.
      3. To place in the ground; cover with earth:
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Another word for conceal

Verb
      1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
      2. To overlay or spread with something:
      3. To put a cover or covering on:
      1. To generate and release (a substance) from a cell or a gland:
      1. A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
      2. One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide:
      3. A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
      1. To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
      2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
      3. To cut off from sight; cover up:
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Sentence Examples

  • Yet she was always trying to conceal that passion.

  • Maybe he was trying to protect her, but more likely he was simply trying to conceal the problem.

  • His interest seemed to increase when she clutched the sheets to conceal her state of undress.

  • Conceal nothing from me, I wish to know absolutely how things are.

  • He could conceal his design up to the very last.

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