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- plant β any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- shield β a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- hole up β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- camouflage β Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- shelter β something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- mask β a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- stash β to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- disguise β to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- bury β To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
- smuggle β to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- tuck away β to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- stifle β to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- squirrel β any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- harbor β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- screen β a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- cache β A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
- eclipse β Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- cloak β A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
- adumbrate β to outline; give a faint indication of
- shroud β a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- dissemble β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- curtain β Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window.
- shadow β a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- veil β a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- secrete β a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- reserve β to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- inter β to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ensconce β Establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.
- harbour β a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- disappear β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- keep back β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep quiet β not reveal a secret
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- hush up β to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- salt away β a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- keep from β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
noun hide
- skin β the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- pelt β to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- fur β the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.