hide
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (4)hid, hidden, hides, hided, hiding
- prevent from being seen or discovered“hide the money”Synonyms: concealMore general act, moveMore specific lurk, bury, veil, obscure, disguise, sweep under the rug, cover, harbor, secrete, bosom +1 more
- be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety“Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding”“She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana”Synonyms: hide outMore general act, moveMore specific lie low, stow away, hunker down, earth, hole up
- cover as if with a shroud“The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery”Synonyms: shroudenshroudcoverMore general envelop, enfold
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing“a hidden message”“a veiled threat”Synonyms: obscureblot outobliterateveilMore general change, alterMore specific mystifySimilar obliterate, efface
Noun (2)hides
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)Synonyms: fellType of animal skinKinds rawhide, goatskin, cowhide
- body covering of a living animalSynonyms: peltskinType of body covering
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Translations
Verb to conceal something
- Spanish
- esconder
- French
- cacher
- German
- verstecken
- Italian
- nascondere
- Portuguese
- esconder
- Turkish
- gizlemek
- Russian
- пря́тать prjátatʹ
- Arabic
- أَخْفَى ʔaḵfā
- Japanese
- 隠す kakusu
- Dutch
- verbergen
26 more languages
- Polish
- ukrywać
- Swedish
- dölja
- Greek
- κρύβω krývo
- Korean
- 숨기다 sumgida
- Indonesian
- menyembunyikan
- Vietnamese
- giấu
- Hungarian
- rejt
- Portuguese (PT)
- esconder
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 藏 cáng
- Albanian
- fsheh
- Catalan
- amagar
- Czech
- ukrýt
- Danish
- skjule
- Esperanto
- kaŝi
- Estonian
- peitma
- Finnish
- piilottaa
- Hebrew
- הֶחְבִּיא hekhbí
- Icelandic
- fela
- Latvian
- slēpt
- Lithuanian
- slėpti
- Norwegian
- gjemme
- Romanian
- ascunde
- Scottish Gaelic
- falaich
- Slovenian
- skriti
- Welsh
- cuddio
- Yiddish
- באַהאַלטן bahaltn
Verb to conceal oneself
- Italian
- nascondersi
- Turkish
- saklanmak
- Russian
- пря́таться prjátatʹsja
- Arabic
- اِخْتَبَأَ iḵtabaʔa
- Chinese
- 躲藏 duǒcáng
- Japanese
- 隠れる kakureru
- Korean
- 숨다 sumda
- Vietnamese
- nấp
- Hungarian
- elbújik
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 躲藏 duǒcáng
Noun skin of an animal
- Spanish
- cuero
- French
- peau
- German
- Fell
- Italian
- pelle
- Portuguese
- pele
- Turkish
- deri
- Russian
- шку́ра škúra
- Arabic
- جِلْد jild
- Chinese
- 兽皮 shòupí
- Japanese
- 皮 kawa
25 more languages
- Dutch
- huid
- Polish
- skóra
- Swedish
- skinn
- Greek
- δέρμα dérma
- Korean
- 가죽 gajuk
- Indonesian
- kulit
- Vietnamese
- da
- Hungarian
- bőr
- Portuguese (PT)
- pele
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 皮 pí
- Albanian
- shtrosë
- Czech
- kůže
- Danish
- skind
- Esperanto
- felo
- Estonian
- nahk
- Finnish
- talja
- Hebrew
- עור or
- Latvian
- āda
- Norwegian
- skinn
- Romanian
- piele
- Scottish Gaelic
- craiceann
- Slovak
- koža
- Slovenian
- koža
- Walloon
- pea
- Welsh
- croen
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. hiden, huden, AS. hȳdan; akin to Gr. κεύθειν, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.
1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.— Matt. v. 15.
If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid.— William Shakespeare
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.— Alexander Pope
3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.— Ps. xxvi. 5.
To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.” Prov. xxii. 3. — To hide the face, to withdraw favor. “Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Ps. xxx. 7. — To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. “Hide thy face from my sins.” Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
Synonyms: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide.— Alexander Pope
Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Jonathan Swift
Origin: AS. hīd, earlier hīged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hīwan, hīgan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.
O. Eng. Law. (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.]
Origin: OE. hide, hude, AS. hȳd; akin to D. huid, OHG. hūt, G. haut, Icel. hūð, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. κύτος; and cf. Gr. σκύτος skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. √13.
1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; — generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
2. The human skin; — so called in contempt.
O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!— William Shakespeare
To flog; to whip. Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54