verbergen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conceal verb To hide something from sight or keep it secret from others.
- dissemble verb To hide or cover up the truth about something.
- 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.
- obscure adjective Not well known.
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.
- dissemble (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- dissemble (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- 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.
- obscure (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
dissemble — full definition
- verb To hide or cover up the truth about something.
- verb To pretend to feel or think something you do not.
- verb To act as if you have not noticed something, on purpose.
- verb To hide your real opinions or feelings from other people.
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