concealing

noun — 2 senses

concealing

noun

UK /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/ · US /kənˈsilɪŋ/

Etymology From conceal + -ing.

1

Gerund gerund of conceal: an act of concealment.

2

Material, etc., that conceals something.

  • Standing half-befogged upon the mountain of his Fate, all that part of the wide panorama was wrapped in clouds to him; but anon those concealings slid aside, or rather, a quick rent was made in them; […]1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book V. Misgivings and Preparatives.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section V, page 142:

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