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scruple, Brit haver, jib, Colloq stall: He who hesitates is
lost. 2 fumble, equivocate, tergiversate, fluctuate, alternate,
waver, dither, vacillate, shilly-shally: He hesitated between
the doors - did this one conceal the lady or the tiger? 3
stammer, stutter, falter, sputter, splutter, stumble, hem and
haw: She hesitated throughout the speech purely from stage
fright.
8.3 hidden
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hidden adj. concealed, secret, obscure(d), occult, veiled, cryptic,
recondite, arcane, covert, esoteric, unseen, private: Was this
an ordinary shopping list or did it have some hidden meaning?
hide° v. 1 conceal, secrete, cache, squirrel away; go underground,
take cover, lie low, go into hiding, lurk, go to ground, drop
out of sight, go into hiding, hibernate, latibulize, Colloq hide
out, hole up, lie low, Brit lie doggo: Hide the sweets where
the children won't find them. I found a place to hide under the
stair. 2 conceal, cover, mask, camouflage, disguise, veil,
shroud, screen, cover up, keep secret: He managed to hide his
embarrassment. 3 eclipse, blot out, obscure, block: The clouds
hid the moon as we made good our escape. 4 suppress, hush (up),
repress, silence, keep quiet or secret: She hid all knowledge
of the crime.
hideý n. 1 pelt, skin, fell, leather, fur, fleece: Once tanned and
dyed, the hide was made into clothing.
--v. 2 flog, whip, lash, flail, beat, thrash: The masters took
great satisfaction in hiding the boys.
hideaway n. refuge, retreat, sanctuary, hide-out, hiding-place, lair,
(safe) haven, Colloq hole, Brit hidey-hole or hidy-hole: My
brother and I would crawl into our hideaway and pretend we were
being held prisoner by pirates.
hidebound adj. strait-laced, conventional, ultra-conventional,
conservative, reactionary, rigid, set (in one's ways),
narrow-minded, close-minded, inflexible, intractable,
uncompromising, restricted, cramped, bigoted, intolerant: She's