hide

[ hahyd ]

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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

First recorded before 900; Middle English hiden, Old English hȳdan; cognate with Old Frisian hūda; akin to Greek keúthein “to hide”; see also hide²

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1. 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.

Other words for hide

1	screen, mask, cloak, veil, shroud, disguise
3	disguise, dissemble, suppress

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Opposites for hide

1	reveal, display

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Other words from hide

hid·a·ble, adjective
hid·a·bil·i·ty, noun
hider, noun

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Other definitions for hide (2 of 3)

hide²

[ hahyd ]

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

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳd; cognate with Dutch huid, Old Norse hūth, Danish, Swedish hud, Old High German hūt (German Haut ); akin to Latin cutis “skin,” Greek kýtos “hollow, container”; see also cutis, hide¹

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1. See skin.

Other words from hide

hideless, adjective

Other definitions for hide (3 of 3)

hide³

[ hahyd ]

nounOld English Law.

a unit of land measurement varying from 60 to 120 acres (24 to 49 hectares) or more, depending upon local usage.

Origin of hide

First recorded before 900; Middle English hide, Old English hīd(e), hīg(i)d “portion of land, family,” from Germanic hīwidō; akin to Latin cīvis “citizen,” Greek keîsthai “to lie down, rest, remain, abide”

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How to use hide in a sentence

Those applied to deer hide displayed much in common with the business end of the ancient stone tool, including a wavy surface and clusters of shallow grooves.
The oldest known abrading tool was used around 350,000 years ago | Bruce Bower | January 21, 2021 | Science News
The last reported sighting was in 1953, and blue tigers were soon the stuff of legends, with not so much as a preserved hide to prove they ever existed.
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The hide is roughly twice the thickness of most leather gloves, providing top-notch protection for whatever type of task you want to do.
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Other stone tools and a pigment chunk buried with her likely were used to cut apart game and prepare hides.
This prehistoric woman from Peru hunted big game | Bruce Bower | December 2, 2020 | Science News For Students
Dixon says they already had bored their way through the tough alligator hide.
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He does not hesitate to hide some Marxist books from her library because she fears that the military could use them against her.
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Don't hide behind meaningless rhetoric or claim you're ready for action only to back off when the NRA comes knocking.
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And he scarcely bothered to hide his chief ambition: to lead his country as prime minister.
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They carefully scanned open windows along the route, looking for places where a shooter might hide.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
You can hide your extreme views and duck from having to answer questions about them.
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
Instinctively he tried to hide both pain and anger—it could only increase this distance that was already there.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
As Isabel walked carefully down the slippery stair she veiled her eyes to hide the wonder in them.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
Even the stern, inflexible commander turned to hide an emotion he would have blushed to betray.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for hide (1 of 3)

hide¹

/ (haɪd) /

verbhides, 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 discovery: to hide a pencil; to hide from the police
(tr) to conceal or obscure: the 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, etc: US and Canadian equivalent: blind

Origin of hide

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

See also hideout

Derived forms of hide

hidable, adjective
hider, noun

British Dictionary definitions for hide (2 of 3)

hide²

/ (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

verbhides, hiding or hided

(tr) informal to flog

Origin of hide

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

Derived forms of hide

hideless, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for hide (3 of 3)

hide³

/ (haɪd) /

noun

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

Origin of hide

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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hide

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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