English Explanatory Dictionary

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Meanings

verb
  1. To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
  2. To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
noun
  1. The skin of an animal.
  2. The human skin.
  3. One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  4. (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  5. A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
  6. A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
verb
  1. To beat with a whip made from hide.
noun
  1. A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

Pronunciation

hīd /haɪd/ en-us-hide.ogg

Word forms

hide hides hiding hid hidden hyde hided

Etymology

From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną (“to hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611), both hid and hidden are used for the past participle. Cognates Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky.

Synonyms

conceal occult hide away secrete veil disguise bury go undercover hide out lie low hole up pelt skin carucate

Antonyms

disclose expose reveal show uncover visiblize visualize

Derived words

autohide hiddle hide-a-bed hideable hide-all hide and coop hide-and-die syndrome hide-and-go-seek hide and go seek hide and seek hide-and-seek hideaway hidebehind hide behind hide-hole hide in plain sight hide in the closet hideling hidelings hide nor hair hide one's light under a bushel hide-out hideout hide out hider hide-rope hide the ball hide the salami hide the sausage hidness huddle one can run but one can't hide rehide unhide bird hide boarhide bring one's own hide to market calfhide carry one's own hide to market chap someone's hide cowhide damn your hide dragonhide greenhide green hide green-hide have someone's hide hidage hide beetle hidebound hide-bound hideless hideworker hideworking hidy hoghide horsehide moosehide oxhide rawhide

Translations

Bulgarian: гюме́ Finnish: piilo French: cache French: affût German: Hochsitz Hungarian: les Hungarian: magasles Hungarian: rejtek Hungarian: -les Scottish Gaelic: taigh-faire Swedish: gömme Swedish: gömställe Welsh: cuddfan
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