Are 'belie' and 'hide' interchangable?
Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.
He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.
Is the usage of belie correct?
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Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.
He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.
Is the usage of belie correct?
word-usage
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Laurel
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asked 4 hours ago
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They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
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Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.
He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.
Is the usage of belie correct?
word-usage
edited 3 hours ago
Laurel
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asked 4 hours ago
Mathew KJMathew KJ
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Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.
He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.
Is the usage of belie correct?
word-usage
word-usage
edited 3 hours ago
Laurel
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asked 4 hours ago
Mathew KJMathew KJ
714
edited 3 hours ago
Laurel
31.3k660111
asked 4 hours ago
Mathew KJMathew KJ
714
edited 3 hours ago
Laurel
31.3k660111
edited 3 hours ago
Laurel
31.3k660111
edited 3 hours ago
Laurel
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31.3k660111
asked 4 hours ago
Mathew KJMathew KJ
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asked 4 hours ago
Mathew KJMathew KJ
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asked 4 hours ago
Mathew KJMathew KJ
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They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
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They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.
Hide can also mean to conceal in the sense of giving a false impression of. Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.
The boy hides in the bushes.
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
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You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
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Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:
3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.
1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.
1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.
1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.
1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.
1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.
1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.
answered 4 hours ago
WS2WS2
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His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.
Hide can also mean to conceal in the sense of giving a false impression of. Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.
The boy hides in the bushes.
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
add a comment |
In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.
Hide can also mean to conceal in the sense of giving a false impression of. Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.
The boy hides in the bushes.
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
add a comment |
In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.
Hide can also mean to conceal in the sense of giving a false impression of. Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.
The boy hides in the bushes.
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.
Hide can also mean to conceal in the sense of giving a false impression of. Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.
The boy hides in the bushes.
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
answered 3 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
50627
50627
You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
add a comment |
You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
19 mins ago
add a comment |
Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:
3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.
1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.
1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.
1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.
1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.
1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.
1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.
answered 4 hours ago
WS2WS2
51.5k27112243
His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:
3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.
1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.
1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.
1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.
1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.
1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.
1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.
answered 4 hours ago
WS2WS2
51.5k27112243
His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:
3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.
1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.
1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.
1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.
1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.
1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.
1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.
answered 4 hours ago
WS2WS2
51.5k27112243
Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:
3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.
1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.
1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.
1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.
1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.
1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.
1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.
answered 4 hours ago
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answered 4 hours ago
WS2WS2
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His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
add a comment |
His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
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