hidden

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

more hidden

Superlative

most hidden

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

hiddens

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.past participle of hide

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

   • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
   • It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood.

2. 2.Obscure.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A hidden answer clue; one in which the letters of the solution appear consecutively in the wordplay.

   • Hiddens are indicated thus; (e.g.) Grow (maraudinG ROWdies).
   • The two types of clue which everyone should aim to solve at first reading are anagrams and hiddens.

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