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Definition of In hiding
1. Adverb. Quietly in concealment. "He lay doggo"
Definition of In hiding
1. Adjective. remaining hidden (typically of a person) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Hiding
Literary usage of In hiding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"Wilmot in the midst of his own trouble did not forget the King's, and telling
Whitgreave of an unnamed friend in hiding, obtained permission to invite him ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... but with great difficulty, as his hands were still helpless from the torture.
almost superhuman; he could remain in hiding days and nights in a hole in ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... etc. as an aid in hiding fmm their enemies. In their reproduction lizards
never undergo any metamorphosis and are generally oviparous, but in some the ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... to SALT (qv); (5) to humbug, TO G\MMON (qv) ; and (6) to prepare cards for
unfair play. Also IN PLANT = in hiding ; то SPRING A PLANT = to unearth. ..."
5. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Straightway he spied the ships, in hiding near the camp, defended well By mounded
river-bank and fleeting wave. On these he fell; while his exultant crew ..."
6. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"The Brave Francis Villiers. •—After the Battle of Worcester.—Disguising the
King.—Villiers in Hiding. — He appears as a Mountebank. — Buckingham's Habits. ..."
7. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"Wilmot in the midst of his own trouble did not forget the King's, and telling
Whitgreave of an unnamed friend in hiding, obtained permission to invite him ..."
8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... but with great difficulty, as his hands were still helpless from the torture.
almost superhuman; he could remain in hiding days and nights in a hole in ..."
9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... etc. as an aid in hiding fmm their enemies. In their reproduction lizards
never undergo any metamorphosis and are generally oviparous, but in some the ..."
10. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... to SALT (qv); (5) to humbug, TO G\MMON (qv) ; and (6) to prepare cards for
unfair play. Also IN PLANT = in hiding ; то SPRING A PLANT = to unearth. ..."
11. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Straightway he spied the ships, in hiding near the camp, defended well By mounded
river-bank and fleeting wave. On these he fell; while his exultant crew ..."
12. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"The Brave Francis Villiers. •—After the Battle of Worcester.—Disguising the
King.—Villiers in Hiding. — He appears as a Mountebank. — Buckingham's Habits. ..."
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