(v. t.) To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Example Sentences:
(1) Therefore, a mortality analysis of overall survival time alone may conceal important differences between the forces of mortality (hazard functions) associated with distinct states of active disease, for example pre-remission state and first relapse.
(2) The recorded APs were further subdivided into those exhibiting consistent antegrade conduction during sinus rhythm (overt APs: 50 left APs, eight right APs), those exhibiting intermittent antegrade conduction (intermittent APs: six left APs, two right APs), and those exhibiting only retrograde conduction (concealed APs: 33 left APs, two right APs).
(3) In patients under anti-epileptic therapy it is readily possible for the clinical picture to be concealed, and this may then result in irreversible damage due to the disturbance of metabolism remaining uninfluenced.
(4) If they included a warning in the package ‘tamper resistance’ feature that works by non-Apple-authorised repair services may be mistaken for tampering attempts, and lead to the phone being disabled’, then it would be purely a feature ... By concealing the feature prior to sales, and only even revealing it after being repeatedly pressured over it, Apple turned what could have been a feature into a landmine.” Apple shares have fallen more than 20% in the past three months as investors begin to doubt whether it can maintain the stellar growth posted since the iPhone first went on sale eight years ago.
(5) It created a very ugly atmosphere in society – as I was growing up in politics, I disliked the hypocrisy where people had to conceal their own identity.
(6) Years ahead of its time, it saw each song presented theatrically, the musicians concealed in the wings (although Bowie said that they kept creeping on to the stage, literally unable to resist the spotlight) and with Bowie performing on a cherry-picker and on a giant hand, both of which kept breaking down.
(7) The regulator said it did not find the evidence provided a basis to conclude Rupert Murdoch had acted in a way that was inappropriate in relation to phone hacking, concealment or corruption by employees.
(8) The evidence obtained in these patients was consistent with a concealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
(9) It is concluded that the site of unidirectional block in this patient is at the origin of the concealed accessory pathway in the ventricular septal muscle.
(10) Kipling deliberately concealed something of himself, but did not seek to conceal the truth about the nature of imperial power; Wodehouse exposed himself, and thereby inadvertently exposed something of the double standards of the system of power in which he unthinkingly believed.
(11) It is concluded that the loss in total thigh volume during inactivation in a cast is due to waste of the muscle tissue, and further that this loss is partly concealed by an unchanged fat thigh volume.
(12) Slower ventricular rates during atrial fibrillation would suggest an increased propensity for concealed conduction in the enhanced AV node conduction group than in the group with an accessory pathway.
(13) The same plant was seriously damaged by an earthquake in 2007, but the owners tried to conceal a radiation leak.
(14) It has since emerged that Brinsley had already been arrested 19 times for offences including concealing a weapon, and disorderly conduct.
(15) Expressions that included muscular activity around the eyes in addition to the smiling lips occurred more often when people were actually enjoying themselves as compared with when enjoyment was feigned to conceal negative emotions.
(16) Drug-taking was, in effect, decriminalised by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 , ever since when the authorities have deployed the rhetoric of toughness to conceal the truth that we are free to take drugs with impunity, knowing our crime will probably be ignored, or at worst not punished but "treated".
(17) The conduction disturbances were due to the association of concealed His bundle depolarizations (H') not propagated to atria or ventricles with first degree AV block in the His bundle.
(18) The measure would also lower the minimum age required to obtain a concealed weapons permit, from 21 to 19.
(19) Importantly, this abnormal state is concealed at rest and the choice of palliative shunting procedure appears to have little effect on normalizing pump performance.
(20) Such observations may conceal the fact that the amine N-oxide has undergone a sequence of deoxygenation and oxygenation reactions only to revert to the parental form and be excreted as such--a process that we propose to call metabolic retroversion.
Hugger
Definition:
(n.) One who hugs or embraces.
(v. t. & i.) To conceal; to lurk ambush.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alan Yentob, the BBC creative director along with director of future media and technology Erik Huggers, director of news Helen Boaden, and director of marketing, communications and audiences Sharon Baylay, were next highest with pay of between £310,000 and £340,000.
(2) The Bair Hugger set on "medium" decreased heat loss more than each radiant warming device and as much as the circulating-water blanket.
(3) Then there are the "ethylene absorbing" discs you can place in a bowl to keep your fruit fresh for longer; the polyurethane foam cushions designed to prevent fruit and veg from becoming bruised; and the silicone "food huggers" into which you pop your leftover half a lemon or tomato.
(4) Huggers said that the "interlinking" service with rival broadcasters would apply to "premium, long-form video" and represented "just the start" of partnerships.
(5) The number of people consuming TV over the internet has soared since the advent of the BBC's iPlayer , a product of Huggers's future media and technology department at the BBC.
(6) Huggers also lent his support to Google TV, the service that will allow viewers to search the web and eventually download VoD content while watching their TV set , arguing that he does not see it as a competitor.
(7) "It feels like a gold rush is going on, everyone is seeing a big opportunity and jumping in," said Huggers .
(8) Before Linwood, the project was led by Erik Huggers, the ex-director of BBC future, media and technology, ultimately reporting to Caroline Thomson, the corporation's former chief operating officer.
(9) "This proposal is founded upon partnership, and comes at a time when commercial public service broadcasters are facing unprecedented challenges," said the BBC director of future media and technology, Erik Huggers.
(10) When Jonathon Porritt – official government green adviser – this week left his Whitehall office after nine years trying to crash the gears of the machine of state, his staff of 60 in the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) didn't just say cheerio; they hired an old ship on the Thames, formed a blues band and sang him out to a Muddy Waters tune: For nine long years this green guru reigned Watching over Whitehall, his eye keenly trained Tree-hugger-in-chief or simply JP However you know him you should start to see He's a true ninja of sustainability Porritt stood to one side of the crooning SDC backing singers, delighted but emotional at his send off.
(11) Erik Huggers , the BBC digital chief, has promised its closure of 200 websites is not simply an exercise in cutting dead wood and will help rivals.
(12) Set on "high," the Bair Hugger increased skin-surface temperature more than the circulating-water blanket.
(13) The other arrivals on the executive board were new BBC Vision director George Entwistle (pay: £285,000), replacing Jana Bennett (£517,000), and director of digital media Ralph Rivera (£308,000), who took over from former future media and technology director Erik Huggers (£407,000).
(14) The Food Hugger Food hugger These are a range of stretchable silicone covers that prolong the life of cut produce by forming a seal around the cut end of a fruit or vegetable.
(15) Caught out by the speed at which its juice runs out, or anxious to clock a charger socket just in case, they're depicted as wall huggers obliged to crouch on stained carpets while watching Samsung owners freely sharing video clips with one another.
(16) Most chillingly, Walsh's 2000 play, Bedbound, depicted a young woman who has polio living hugger-mugger with her flamboyant father, in a space little bigger than a double bed.
(17) Huggers came in for criticism last year when it was revealed he had claimed £638.73 for a taxi fare while on corporation business in California.
(18) Another area of Huggers' activity, online , is being cut back .
(19) Huggers also said that a long-delayed international version of the iPlayer, which would be operated by the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, was still in the works.
(20) The £16,678.34 hotel bill also includes a claim from Erik Huggers, director of future media and technology, who also stayed at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.