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hid⋅ing

1  [hahy-ding]
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–noun
1. act of concealing; concealment: to remain in hiding.
2. a secret refuge or means of concealment.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see hide 1 , -ing 1

hiding

2  [hahy-ding]
–noun Informal.
a severe beating; flogging; thrashing.
Origin:
1800–10; hide 2 + -ing 1

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.
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.

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.
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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.]
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Hiding

Hid"ing\, n. The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.

There was the hiding of his power. --Hab. iii. 4.

Hiding

Hid"ing\, n. A flogging. [Colloq.] --Charles Reade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : hiding
Spanish: escondrijo,
German: das Versteck,
Japanese: 隠れること
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