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cacher — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • box noun A rigid container, typically rectangular, with a lid or flaps, used to hold or transport things.
  • conceal verb To hide something from sight or keep it secret from others.
  • 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.
  • shill noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
  • sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.

Senses

cacher is used for these senses in English:

  • box (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
  • conceal (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
  • cover up (idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.
  • 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.
  • secrete (transitive) To conceal.
  • shill (pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.
  • sneak (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

box — full definition

  1. noun A rigid container, typically rectangular, with a lid or flaps, used to hold or transport things.
  2. verb To put something into a box or boxes.
  3. verb To fight an opponent using the fists, typically wearing padded gloves, as a sport.

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