hidden

[ hid-n ]

/ ˈhɪd n /

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adjective

concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.

verb

past participle of hide¹.

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SYNONYMS FOR hidden

1. secret, veiled; occult.

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hid·den·ly, adverbhid·den·ness, nounhalf-hid·den, adjectiveun·hid·den, adjective

well-hid·den, adjective

hide

[ hahyd ]

/ haɪd /

verb (used with object), hid, hid·den or hid, hid·ing.

to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered: Where did she hide her jewels?

to obstruct the view of; cover up: The sun was hidden by the clouds.

to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret: to hide one's feelings.

verb (used without object), hid, hid·den or hid, hid·ing.

to conceal oneself; lie concealed: He hid in the closet.

noun

British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.

Verb Phrases

hide out, to go into or remain in hiding: After breaking out of jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.

Origin of hide

before 900; Middle English hiden, Old English hȳdan; cognate with Old Frisian hūda, Greek keúthein to conceal

SYNONYMS FOR hide

1. screen, mask, cloak, veil, shroud, disguise. Hide, conceal, secrete mean to put out of sight or in a secret place. Hide is the general word: to hide one's money or purpose; A dog hides a bone. Conceal, somewhat more formal, is to cover from sight: A rock concealed them from view. Secrete means to put away carefully, in order to keep secret: The spy secreted the important papers. 3. disguise, dissemble, suppress.

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ANTONYMS FOR hide

1. reveal, display.

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Related formshid·a·ble, adjectivehid·a·bil·i·ty, nounhid·er, noun

hide

[ hahyd ]

/ haɪd /

noun

the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.

Informal.

the skin of a human being: Get out of here or I'll tan your hide!
safety or welfare: He's only worried about his own hide.

Australia and New Zealand Informal. impertinence; impudence.

verb (used with object), hid·ed, hid·ing.

Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.

to protect (a rope, as a boltrope of a sail) with a covering of leather.

Origin of hide

before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳd; cognate with Dutch huid, Old Norse hūth, Danish, Swedish hud, Old High German hūt (German Haut), Latin cutis skin, cutis; see hide¹

SYNONYMS FOR hide

1. See skin.

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Related formshide·less, adjective

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Examples from the Web for hidden

Meanwhile advocacy groups like GLAAD help rid our larger culture of hidden biases and bigotry.
How You Can Help Make a More LGBT-Friendly World||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wonderland posted videos taken with a hidden camera—in a cross necklace, or inside a watch or glasses—of him hitting on women.
School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website|Brandy Zadrozny|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The FC-31 prototype was hidden except when it was flying, and not much detail was available.
How China Will Track—and Kill—America’s Newest Stealth Jets|Bill Sweetman|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, from a pocket inside his camouflage top, he pulled a hidden stainless steel flask.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Letters would not be hidden away in bedrooms but stored on cell phones.
How Sicko Priests Got Away With It|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It had walls of slippery clay and a corduroyed bottom, but the corduroy was hidden beneath the mud left by thousands of feet.
Italy at War and the Allies in the West|E. Alexander Powell
But when he strove to cut across and so reach the mouth of the hidden swamp-stream, he narrowly escaped upsetting.
Ralestone Luck|Andre Norton
He had discovered the hidden passage and held the clew which he had so industriously sought.
Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Some one suggested that he might have been overcome by fear, and might have hidden himself.
Our Home in the Silver West|Gordon Stables
But in the cabinet meeting after the destruction of the hidden enemy cruiser, the tone was set by highly practical men.
Talents, Incorporated|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for hidden

hidden

/ (ˈhɪdən) /

verb

a past participle of hide 1

adjective

concealed or obscureda hidden cave; a hidden meaning

Derived Formshiddenly, adverbhiddenness, noun

hide

/ (haɪd) /

verb hides, hiding, hid (hɪd), hidden (ˈhɪdən) or hid

to put or keep (oneself or an object) in a secret place; conceal (oneself or an object) from view or discoveryto hide a pencil; to hide from the police

(tr) to conceal or obscurethe clouds hid the sun

(tr) to keep secret

(tr) to turn (one's head, eyes, etc) away

noun

British a place of concealment, usually disguised to appear as part of the natural environment, used by hunters, birdwatchers, etcUS and Canadian equivalent: blind

Word Origin for hide

Old English hӯdan; related to Old Frisian hēda, Middle Low German hüden, Greek keuthein

hide

/ (haɪd) /

noun

the skin of an animal, esp the tough thick skin of a large mammal, either tanned or raw

informal the human skin

Australian and NZ informal impudence

verb hides, hiding or hided

(tr) informal to flog

Derived Formshideless, adjective

Word Origin for hide

Old English hӯd; related to Old Norse hūth, Old Frisian hēd, Old High German hūt, Latin cutis skin, Greek kutos; see cuticle

hide

/ (haɪd) /

noun

an obsolete Brit unit of land measure, varying in magnitude from about 60 to 120 acres

Word Origin for hide

Old English hīgid; related to hīw family, household, Latin cīvis citizen

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Word Origin and History for hidden

hidden

adj.

past participle of hide (v.1); a Middle English formation (Old English had gehydd "hidden") on the model of ride/ridden, etc. Hidden persuaders (1957) was Vance Packard's term for "ad men."

hide

v.1

Old English hydan "to hide, conceal; preserve; hide oneself; bury a corpse," from West Germanic *hudjan (cf. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German huden), from PIE *keudh- (cf. Greek keuthein "to hide, conceal"), from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). Hide and seek (by 1670s), children's game, replaced earlier all hid (1580s).

hide

n.1

"skin of a large animal," Old English hyd "hide, skin," from Proto-Germanic *hudiz (cf. Old Norse huð, Old Frisian hed, Middle Dutch huut, Dutch huid, Old High German hut, German Haut "skin"), related to Old English verb hydan "to hide," the common notion being of "covering."

All of this is from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cf. Sanskrit kostha "enclosing wall," skunati "covers;" Armenian ciw "roof;" Latin cutis "skin," scutum "shield," ob-scurus "dark;" Greek kytos "a hollow, vessel," keutho "to cover, to hide," skynia "eyebrows;" Russian kishka "gut," literally "sheath;" Lithuanian kiautas "husk," kutis "stall;" Old Norse sky "cloud;" Old English sceo "cloud;" Middle High German hode "scrotum;" Old High German scura, German Scheuer "barn;" Welsh cuddio "to hide").

The alliterative pairing of hide and hair (often negative, hide nor hair) was in Middle English (early 15c.), but earlier and more common was hide ne hewe, literally "skin and complexion ('hue')" (c.1200).

hide

n.2

"measure of land" (obsolete), Old English hid "hide of land," earlier higid, from hiw- "family" (cf. hiwan "household," hiwo "a husband, master of a household"), from Proto-Germanic *hiwido-, from PIE *keiwo- (cf. Latin civis "citizen"), from root *kei- "to lie; bed, couch; beloved, dear" (see cemetery, and cf. city).

The notion was of "amount of land needed to feed one free family and dependents," usually 100 or 120 acres, but the amount could be as little as 60, depending on the quality of the land. Often also defined as "as much land as could be tilled by one plow in a year." Translated in Latin as familia.

Idioms and Phrases with hidden

hide

In addition to the idioms beginning with hide

hide and seek
hide nor hair, neither
hide one's face
hide one's head in the sand
hide one's light under a bushel
hide out

also see:

cover one's ass (hide)
tan one's hide

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