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hidden

/ˈhɪdən/

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What does hidden mean?

verb

  1. past participle of hide

adjective

  1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
  2. Obscure.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A hidden answer clue; one in which the letters of the solution appear consecutively in the wordplay.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhɪdən/

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To every villainous meanness of this model man it gave a hidden, higher, Socialistic interpretation, the exact contrary of its real character.
Karl Marx; Friedrich EngelsThe Communist ManifestoProject Gutenberg ebook #61
He too had had nothing to think about and the idea of a hidden garden attracted him as it had attracted her.
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret GardenProject Gutenberg ebook #113
More book examples (3)
When we arrived at the place, we found the shrine hidden from our view by a curtain hung between two magnificent trees.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
Before me were the clumsy backs of perhaps a score of these Beast People, their misshapen heads half hidden by their shoulder-blades.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174