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hide

1  [hahyd] verb, hid, hid⋅den or hid, hid⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered: Where did she hide her jewels?
2. to obstruct the view of; cover up: The sun was hidden by the clouds.
3. to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret: to hide one's feelings.
–verb (used without object)
4. to conceal oneself; lie concealed: He hid in the closet.
–noun
5. British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
—Verb phrase
6. hide out, to go into or remain in hiding: After breaking out of jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME hiden, OE hȳdan; c. OFris hūda, Gk keúthein to conceal

Related forms:
hid⋅a⋅ble, adjective
hid⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
hider, noun

Synonyms:
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.

Antonyms:
1. reveal, display.
Cowhides And Conchos
Retail & Wholesale Cowhides, Goat Hides, Leather & Conchos.
www.triggleather.net
Schauco Handelsges.mbH
We trade hides, wetblue, crust splits, kangaroo-& finished leather
www.schauco.at

hide

2  [hahyd] noun, verb, hid⋅ed, hid⋅ing.
–noun
1. the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
2. Informal.
a. the skin of a human being: Get out of here or I'll tan your hide!
b. safety or welfare: He's only worried about his own hide.
3. Australia and New Zealand Informal. impertinence; impudence.
–verb (used with object)
4. Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
5. to protect (a rope, as a boltrope of a sail) with a covering of leather.
—Idiom
6. hide nor hair, a trace or evidence, as of something missing: They didn't find hide nor hair of the murder weapon. Also, hide or hair.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hȳd; c. D huid, ON hūth, Dan, Sw hud, OHG hūt (G Haut), L cutis skin, cutis; see hide 1

Related forms:
hideless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See skin.

hide

3  [hahyd]
–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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hīd(e), hīg(i)d portion of land, family; akin to L civis citizen, Gk keîmai to lie, abide
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hide 1   (hīd)   
v.   hid (hĭd), hid·den (hĭd'n) or hid, hid·ing, hides

v.   tr.

  1. To put or keep out of sight; secrete.

  2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal: tried to hide the facts.

  3. To cut off from sight; cover up: Clouds hid the stars.

  4. To avert (one's gaze), especially in shame or grief.

v.   intr.

  1. To keep oneself out of sight.

  2. To seek refuge.

Phrasal Verb(s):
hide outTo be in hiding, as from a pursuer: The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city.

[Middle English hiden, from Old English hȳdan; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to keep from the sight or knowledge of others. Hide and conceal are the most general and are often used interchangeably: I used a throw rug to hide (or conceal) the stain on the carpet. I smiled to hide (or conceal) my hurt feelings.
Secrete and cache involve concealment in a place unknown to others; cache often implies storage for later use: The lioness secreted her cubs in the tall grass. The mountain climbers cached their provisions in a cave.
To screen is to shield or block from the view of others: Tall shrubs screen the actor's home from the curious.
To cloak is to conceal something by masking or disguising it: "On previously cloaked issues, the Soviets have suddenly become forthcoming" (John McLaughlin). See Also Synonyms at block.
hide 2   (hīd)   
n.  The skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal.
tr.v.   hid·ed, hid·ing, hides
To beat severely; flog.

[Middle English, from Old English hȳd; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]
hide 3   (hīd)   
n.  An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.

[Middle English, from Old English hīd; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hide

  1. n.
    the skin. : I need to get some rays on my hide.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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hides

  1. n.
    drums. (See also skins.) : They say his hides are worth about 4,000 clams.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hide  (n.2)
"measure of land" (obsolete), O.E. hid, earlier higid, from hiw- "family" (cf. hiwan "household," hiwo "a husband, master of a household"), from PIE *keiwo- (cf. L. civis "citizen"). 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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