abscondo — meaning in English

English meaning

• hide verb To put something, or oneself, somewhere out of sight or hard to find.
• minimize verb To reduce something to the smallest possible amount or size.

Senses

abscondo is used for these senses in English:

• hide (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
• minimize (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.

hide — full definition

1. verb To put something, or oneself, somewhere out of sight or hard to find.
2. noun The skin of an animal, especially when used for leather.
3. noun (mainly British) A covered shelter used for watching wildlife without disturbing it.

minimize — full definition

1. verb To reduce something to the smallest possible amount or size.
2. verb To shrink a window on a computer screen down to an icon on the taskbar.
3. verb To downplay or treat something as less important than it is.

Related Latin words