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hide

[ hahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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?
Synonyms: disguise, shroud, veil, cloak, mask, screen
Antonyms: display, reveal
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.
Synonyms: suppress, dissemble, disguise

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 phrase

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

hide

[ hahyd ]

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noun

the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
Informal.
1. the skin of a human being:
  Get out of here or I'll tan your hide!
2. 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.

hide

[ hahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Old English Law.

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

hide

/ haɪd /

verb

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

a place of concealment, usually disguised to appear as part of the natural environment, used by hunters, birdwatchers, etc US and Canadian equivalentblind

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
informal.
impudence

verb

informal.
tr to flog

hide

/ haɪd /

noun

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

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Derived Forms

ˈhider, noun
ˈhidable, adjective
ˈhideless, adjective

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Other Words From

hida·ble adjective
hida·bili·ty noun
hider noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hide¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English hiden, Old English hȳdan; cognate with Old Frisian hūda; akin to Greek keúthein “to hide”; hide ²( def )

Origin of hide²

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”; cutis, hide ¹

Origin of hide³

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of hide¹

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

Origin of hide²

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

Origin of hide³

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

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

hide nor hair, a trace or evidence, as of something missing: Also hide or hair.
They didn't find hide nor hair of the murder weapon.

More idioms and phrases containing hide

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

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Synonym Study

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.

See skin.

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Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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Instinctively he tried to hide both pain and anger—it could only increase this distance that was already there.

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Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.

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As Isabel walked carefully down the slippery stair she veiled her eyes to hide the wonder in them.

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Even the stern, inflexible commander turned to hide an emotion he would have blushed to betray.

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