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hide
1[ hahyd ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- 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
2[ 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)
- Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- to protect (a rope, as a boltrope of a sail) with a covering of leather.
hide
3[ hahyd ]
noun
- a unit of land measurement varying from 60 to 120 acres (24 to 49 hectares) or more, depending upon local usage.
hide
1/ 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 from the police
to hide a pencil
- 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
2/ 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
3/ haɪd /
noun
- an obsolete Brit unit of land measure, varying in magnitude from about 60 to 120 acres
Derived Forms
- ˈhider, noun
- ˈhidable, adjective
- ˈhideless, adjective
Other Words From
- hida·ble adjective
- hida·bili·ty noun
- hider noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hide1
Origin of hide2
Origin of hide3
Word History and Origins
Origin of hide1
Origin of hide2
Origin of hide3
Idioms and Phrases
- 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
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She’s desperate to find a refuge for herself, “a cleft in the rock of the world” that she could hide in, as she tells him after her secrets have been exposed.
Misty threatens to kill then covers the death of the only person to who she confesses her black-box crime; she knows how to hide the truth to serve her interests.
"They went temporarily into hiding to avoid unwanted attention while deciding what to do", he said.
A decision by judges at the Court of Appeal has blown open the ongoing saga into hidden commission payments, with buyers possibly in line for payouts totalling billions of pounds.
Later that night, in a club, she begged strangers to help her hide.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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