hide

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: fellpeltskinconcealhide outshroudenshroudcoverobscureblot outobliterateveil

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)Synonyms: fell
  2. body covering of a living animalSynonyms: peltskin

Verb (4)

  1. prevent from being seen or discovered“Muslim women hide their faces”“hide the money”Synonyms: conceal
  2. 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 out
  3. cover as if with a shroud“The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery”Synonyms: shroudenshroudcover
  4. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing“a hidden message”“a veiled threat”Synonyms: obscureblot outobliterateveil
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.] [1913 Webster] hide-and-seek
Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Hid (h[i^]d); p. p. Hidden (h[i^]d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, 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. [1913 Webster]

A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.— Matt. v. 15.[1913 Webster]
If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. [1913 Webster]

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

3.To remove from danger; to shelter. [1913 Webster]

In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.— Ps. xxvi. 5.[1913 Webster]

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.

Syn: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal. [1913 Webster]

Hide \Hide\, v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. [1913 Webster]

Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Hide \Hide\, n. [AS. h[imac]d, earlier h[imac]ged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. h[imac]wan, h[imac]gan, 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.] [1913 Webster]
Hide \Hide\, n. [OE. hide, hude, AS. h[=y]d; akin to D. huid, OHG. h[=u]t, G. haut, Icel. h[=u][eth], Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; and cf. Gr. sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. [root]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. [1913 Webster]

2.The human skin; -- so called in contempt. [1913 Webster]

O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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