Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: concealing
IPA transcription: [kəns'ilɪŋ]
Pronunciations of concealing
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: concealing
    Meaning: covering or hiding; "the concealing darkness"; "concealing curtains prevented discovery"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: concealment, concealing, hiding
    Meaning: the activity of keeping something secret
Usage examples
  • But this is no excuse for their concealing it from us."
  • "Concealing it from us! my dear child, do you accuse Willoughby and Marianne of concealment?
  • This hideous murder accomplished, I set myself forthwith and with entire deliberation to the task of concealing the body.
  • These, however, far from concealing it, or rendering it unrecognizable, rather bring it out by contrast and make it shine forth so much the brighter.
  • I give it him, with the exception of a very few alterations, made with the object of concealing the identity of the actors from the general public, exactly as it came to me.
  • The picturesqueness of the chimney stacks and tumble-down walls of the burned-out quarters of the town, stretching out and concealing one another, reminded him of the Rhine and the Colosseum.
  • Senator James A. McDougall once told us that although he made no pretense of concealing his Eastern nativity, he never could keep his ardent friends in Pike County from denying the fact and fighting any one who asserted it.
  • The pealing thunder rolled onward, and then, reverbed by the mountains, other thunder seemed to answer from the opposite horizon; while the accumulating clouds, entirely concealing the moon, assumed a red sulphureous tinge, that foretold a violent storm.
  • To maintain at least a show of knowledge was absolutely necessary; a single mistake detected might cost them their life. This no doubt led them to practise imposture for the purpose of concealing their ignorance; but it also supplied them with the most powerful motive for substituting a real for a sham knowledge, since, if you would appear to know anything, by far the best way is actually to know it.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Haibane Renmei, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Dim sum, License CC BY-SA 4.0