'hider
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| —vb , hides, hiding, hid, hidden, hid | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | (tr) to conceal or obscure: the clouds hid the sun |
| 3. | (tr) to keep secret |
| 4. | (tr) to turn (one's head, eyes, etc) away |
| —n | |
| 5. | (Brit) US and Canadian equivalent: blind a place of concealment, usually disguised to appear as part of the natural environment, used by hunters, birdwatchers, etc |
| [Old English hӯdan; related to Old Frisian hēda, Middle Low German hüden, Greek keuthein] | |
| 'hidable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'hider1 | |
| —n | |
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