When you conceal something, you are keeping it from being discovered: “To avoid another argument with his cousins, Jonathan worked hard to conceal his disappointment at the outcome of the race.”
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Verb
prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
Verb
hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well"
v. t.
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to
cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold
knowledge of.
Conceal
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.
Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not.
He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death.
Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
Both dissemble deeply their affections.
We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it.
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Usage Examples
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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.
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
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