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verbergen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conceal verb To hide something from sight or keep it secret from others.
  • disguise noun Clothing, makeup, or other means used to hide one's identity or look like someone else.
  • feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
  • hide verb To put something, or oneself, somewhere out of sight or hard to find.
  • secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  • skulk noun A group of foxes.

Senses

verbergen is used for these senses in English:

  • conceal (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • disguise (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
  • feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
  • feign To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
  • hide (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
  • hide (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
  • skulk To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

disguise — full definition

  1. noun Clothing, makeup, or other means used to hide one's identity or look like someone else.
  2. verb To change how someone or something looks in order to hide their true identity.

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