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conceal English

Meaning conceal meaning

What does conceal mean?
Definitions in simple English

conceal Verb

— When you conceal something, you hide it from other people. The politician was charged for concealing that he had been involved with the company.

conceal

— verb (= hide) prevent from being seen or discovered Muslim women hide their faces hide the money — verb (= hold back) hold back; keep from being perceived by others She conceals her anger well

Synonyms conceal synonyms

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conceal English » English

hide cover cover up secrete disguise keep secret obscure veil suppress bury dissemble screen shut mask hush up cloak wrap shroud shield dissimulate camouflage stash shelter seclude repress keep back hold back hide away dodge wait for me tuck away steal smother slip secret overshadow occult obstruct obliterate mantle keep secretly hold in guise ensconce deny deceive cover over clothe block whitewash

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Conjugation conceal conjugation

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Examples conceal examples

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Simple sentences

Chris could not conceal his sadness when he heard that Beth had been unable to find his valuable watch.
Don't conceal what you feel about it.
The criminal had to conceal his identity.
He is in love with her, but he tries to conceal his feelings.
The true art of acting is to conceal from the audience that which is part of the role and that which comes from you personally.
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
Everyone has stupid thoughts, but the wise conceal them.
She tried in vain to conceal her fear.
Tom was wearing a mask to conceal his identity.
Tom refused to conceal the truth.
We can normally conceal our thoughts from others.
It is wrong for a man to conceal things from his wife.
Let's conceal this secret from him.
She tried to conceal the fact.
Tom couldn't conceal the truth from Mary.
Tom tried to conceal his passion for Mary.
Tom could barely conceal his excitement.
Tom tried to conceal the truth.
Tom was unable to conceal his anger.
Tom was unable to conceal his sadness.

Movie subtitles

Why did you conceal from us, Helius, the fact that you now actually want to take on the voyage to the moon?
I have nothing to conceal.
We've had an accident on board but you conceal it from me!
Whether he be dressed as priest, beggar, knight.. palmer,whatdisguisecan conceal the finest archer in England?
I've nothing to conceal.
Every beauty mark must conceal a thought and every curl be full of humor. as well as brilliantine.
Oh. I won't conceal from you that I wish this hadn't happened.
Why not, if you've nothing to conceal?
Everybody has something to conceal.
No thickness of enamel could conceal value from his eyes.
He may be able to conceal his handwriting for an hour, two hours, maybe even longer, but as fatigue sets in, he will revert to his real handwriting.
Well, your honour, in a reason I can't conceal any longer.
We no longer have anything to conceal from each other, have we?
He had been strangely secretive about his latest painting. and Lord Henry, sensing a mystery. determined to discover what it was that his friend wished to conceal.
Why try to conceal that youre madly in love with him?
If a man conceal any treasure captured. or fail to place it in the general fund, he shall be marooned.
Whether he be dressed as priest, beggar, knight, palmer, what disguise can conceal the finest archer in England?
I've been at some pains to conceal my identity.
I won't conceal from you that I wish this hadn't happened.
There's no use trying to conceal it now.
A bulky document is obviously difficult to conceal but two pages of a state paper, photographed on microfilm, would be reduced to a size no larger than a stamp.
One of two things has happened, either the woman he bumped into was an accomplice in which case, she has the pearl, or he managed somehow to conceal it in his flight.
You cannot conceal from me matters that are common knowledge in the village.
There are men far more monstrous than you, though they conceal it well.
So much courage in one so young must conceal a deep secret.
Well, what do you conceal there?
If you try and conceal anything at all it may put you in a very serious position.

News and current affairs

But paradoxically, it may also contain an element of forgetfulness, because it tends to conceal the fact that liberation required a military defeat.
The five-day delay in allowing UN chemical-weapons experts to verify the attack gave Assad's government ample time to conceal incriminating evidence, allow it to degrade, or destroy it with further shelling.
A driver must constantly be aware of them - and of the potentially deadly perils they can conceal.
Such reasons may conceal more compelling factors, as the recent resignation of American CIA Director George Tenet suggests.
Berlusconi claims that statistics are unreliable, for they conceal a much rosier reality for today's well-off Italians.
We also know that Iran built an underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, hardened it against missile attack, and erected dummy buildings on the surface to conceal it from overhead surveillance.
But players, too, sometimes have failed to conceal national animosities: when Holland beat Germany in a memorable European semi-final in 1988, one of the Dutch players ostentatiously wiped his bottom with a German shirt.
Moreover, average findings conceal large differences: in some countries the poor can benefit from economic growth, in others they may be too deprived to take advantage of it.
But their attempts to conceal the truth about the past only reveal their weakness and their shamelessness.
Everyone is afraid of China, which remains relatively peaceable, but no longer bothers to conceal its growing military capacity.
Former political friends of the leaders of Citizen's Platform try to conceal their envy, but without much success.
Some would argue that successful negotiators require only tact - the ability to use principles to conceal one's true interests.
So long as left-wing parties seemed suspect, implausible or even semi-revolutionary, center-right parties could conceal their internal contradictions.
After all, black boxes are most lethal when they conceal a malevolent or fraudulent human being.
Iran tried to conceal these transactions for years, until its cover was blown when Libya began to cooperate with the West and exposed the Khan network.

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