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# hidden

«hidden» in Mova's school dictionary: **put in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hidden); verb form (past participle of hide: hide, hides, hid, hidden, hiding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hidden means put in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#m1)

2) Hidden can mean secret or not known by others: a hidden meaning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#m2)

3) «Has hidden» or «was hidden» is the form of the verb «hide». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In games like hide-and-seek and treasure hunts children look for hidden things. In maths and puzzles a hidden number or pattern is one you must find by thinking. In stories hidden treasure, hidden doors and hidden clues make a mystery. In safety lessons: dangers can be hidden (a hidden step, ice under snow, a hidden current in a river). Phrases: hidden treasure, hidden away, hidden from view, keep hidden.

### examples

- The treasure was hidden under an old tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x1)
- My brother has hidden my shoes again! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x2)
- The cat stayed hidden under the bed during the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x3)
- Can you find the hidden animals in this picture? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x4)
- There was a hidden message in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x5)
- Rocks can be hidden under the water, so don't dive in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x6)
- The sun was hidden behind the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x7)
- She kept her diary hidden in a drawer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x8)
- Somewhere on it is hidden a rich treasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/#x9)

### note

Forms of hide: hide (now), hid (past), hidden (after has/had/was). Say «I have hidden it», not «I have hid it». Medicines and dangerous things should be put away out of reach, but a secret that someone asks you to keep hidden from your parents is a warning sign.

### In the corpora

- [Scientists still study why we dream; there is no evidence that dream pictures have fixed hidden meanings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/14/)
- [Most AI is not a talking robot; it is small and quiet, hidden inside things you use without thinking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/0/)
- [A platypus has a broad flat tail, and a koala has only a tiny stump of a tail hidden in its fur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/9/)
- [Pigs learn tricks and solve puzzles as well as many dogs, and they can use a mirror to find food hidden behind them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/6/)
- [Shaking out shoes, gloves and clothes left outside stops a hidden scorpion or spider from stinging you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hidden» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hidden/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.