hide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
    fell.
  2. noun body covering of a living animal
    pelt; skin.
  3. verb prevent from being seen or discovered
    conceal.
    • Muslim women hide their faces
    • hide the money
  4. verb be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
    hide out.
    • Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding
    • She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana
  5. verb cover as if with a shroud
    shroud; cover; enshroud.
    • The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery
  6. verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
    obscure; obliterate; veil; blot out.
    • a hidden message
    • a veiled threat

WordNet

Hide transitive verb
Etymology
OE. hiden, huden, AS. hdan; akin to Gr. , and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.
Wordforms
imperfect Hid ; past participle Hidden Hid; present participle & verbal noun Hiding
Definitions
  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. Shak.
  2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
    Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.
  3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
    In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi. 5.
    Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
Hide intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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. Pope.
    Swift.
Hide noun
Etymology
AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.
Definitions
  1. (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.
Hide noun
Etymology
OE.hide, hude, AS. hd; akin to D. huid, OHG, ht, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. and cf. Gr. skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. .
Definitions
  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! Shak.
Hide transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hided; present participle & verbal noun Hiding
Definitions
  1. To flog; to whip. Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.

Webster 1913