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heterogeneous; a pile of unassorted lumber is miscellaneous; the contents of a school-boy's pocket are
commonly miscellaneous and might usually be termed heterogeneous as well. See COMPLEX.
Antonyms:
alike, homogeneous, identical, like, pure, same, similar, uniform.
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HIDE.
Synonyms:
bury, cover, entomb, overwhelm, suppress, cloak, disguise, inter, screen, veil. conceal, dissemble, mask,
secrete.
Hide is the general term, including all the rest, signifying to put out of sight or beyond ready observation or
approach; a thing may be hidden by intention, by accident, or by the imperfection of the faculties of the one
from whom it is hidden; in their games, children hide the slipper, or hide themselves from each other; a man
unconsciously hides a picture from another by standing before it, or hides a thing from himself by laying
something else over it. Even an unconscious object may hide another; as, a cloud hides the sun, or a building
hides some part of the prospect by intervening between it and the observer's position. As an act of persons, to
conceal is always intentional; one may hide his face in anger, grief, or abstraction; he conceals his face when
he fears recognition. A house is hidden by foliage; the bird's nest is artfully concealed. Secrete is a stronger
word than conceal, and is used chiefly of such material objects as may be separated from the person, or from
their ordinary surroundings, and put in unlooked-for places; a man conceals a scar on his face, but does not
secrete it; a thief secretes stolen goods; an officer may also be said to secrete himself to watch the thief. A
thing is covered by putting something over or around it, whether by accident or design; it is screened by
putting something before it, always with some purpose of protection from observation, inconvenience, attack,
censure, etc. In the figurative use, a person may hide honorable feelings; he conceals an evil or hostile intent.
Anything which is effectually covered and hidden under any mass or accumulation is buried. Money is buried
in the ground; a body is buried in the sea; a paper is buried under other documents. Whatever is buried is
hidden or concealed; but there are many ways of hiding or concealing a thing without burying it. So a person
may be covered with wraps, and not buried under them. Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter
only of a dead body. Figuratively, one may be said to be buried in business, in study, etc. Compare
IMMERSE; PALLIATE.
Antonyms:
admit, disclose, exhume, manifest, show, advertise, discover, expose, promulgate, tell, avow, disinter, lay
bare, publish, uncover, betray, divulge, lay open, raise, unmask, confess, exhibit, make known, reveal, unveil.
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HIGH.
Synonyms:
elevated, exalted, noble, steep, towering, eminent, lofty, proud, tall, uplifted.
Deep, while an antonym of high in usage, may apply to the very same distance simply measured in an
opposite direction, high applying to vertical distance measured from below upward, and deep to vertical
distance measured from above downward; as, a deep valley nestling between high mountains. High is a
relative term signifying greatly raised above any object, base, or surface, in comparison with what is usual, or
with some standard; a table is high if it exceeds thirty inches; a hill is not high at a hundred feet. That is tall
whose height is greatly in excess of its breadth or diameter, and whose actual height is great for an object of
its kind; as, a tall tree; a tall man; tall grass. That is lofty which is imposing or majestic in height; we term a
spire tall with reference to its altitude, or lofty with reference to its majestic appearance. That is elevated
which is raised somewhat above its surroundings; that is eminent which is far above them; as, an elevated
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platform; an eminent promontory. In the figurative sense, elevated is less than eminent, and this less than
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