1. hide(n = noun.substance) fell - the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal);
is a kind of animal skin
has particulars: cowhide, goatskin, rawhide
2. hide(n = noun.animal) pelt, skin - body covering of a living animal;
is a kind of body covering
1. hide(v = verb.perception) conceal - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
Antonym: show
Sample sentences:
They hide ; They hide themselves
2. hide(v = verb.perception) hide out - 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"
Sample sentences:
They hide ; They hide themselves
3. hide(v = verb.contact) cover, enshroud, shroud - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
is one way to enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
4. hide(v = verb.change) blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun hiding1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
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." [1913 Webster]
"If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid." [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." [1913 Webster]
3. To remove from danger; to shelter. [1913 Webster]
"In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion." [1913 Webster]
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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." [1913 Webster]
An abode or dwelling. [1913 Webster]
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!" [1913 Webster]
To flog; to whip. [1913 Webster]
hide, v. & n.
--v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid)
1 tr. put or keep out of sight (hid it under the cushion; hid her in the cupboard).
2 intr. conceal oneself.
3 tr. (usu. foll. by from) keep (a fact) secret (hid his real motive from her).
4 tr. conceal (a thing) from sight intentionally or not (trees hid the house).
--n. Brit. a camouflaged shelter used for observing wildlife or hunting animals.
Idiom:
hidden reserves extra profits, resources, etc. kept concealed in reserve. hide-and-seek
1 a children's game in which one or more players seek a child or children hiding.
2 a process of attempting to find an evasive person or thing. hide one's head keep out of sight, esp. from shame. hide one's light under a bushel conceal one's merits (Matthew 5:15). hide out (or up) remain in concealment. hide-out colloq. a hiding-place. hidey- (or hidy-) hole colloq. a hiding-place.
Derivative:
hider n.
hide, n. & v.
--n.
1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed.
2 colloq. the human skin (saved his own hide; I'll tan your hide).
--v.tr. colloq. flog.
Derivative:
hided adj. (also in comb.).
hide, n. a former measure of land large enough to support a family and its dependants, usu. between 60 and 120 acres.
Etymology:
OE hi(gi)d f. hiw-, hig- household
N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.
VB conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight, lock up, seal up, bottle up, encrypt, encode, cipher, cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud, cover up one's tracks, screen from sight, screen from observation, drawing the veil, draw the curtain, close the curtain, curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over, be cloud, be mask, mask, disguise, ensconce, muffle, smother, befog, whisper, keep from, keep back, keep to oneself, keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark, bury, sink, suppress, keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight, keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background, stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve, fence with a question, ignore, keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, hold one's tongue, make no sign, not let it go further, not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about, not let the right hand know what the left is doing, hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin, keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, mystify, puzzle, bamboozle, be concealed, suffer an eclipse, retire from sight, couch, hide oneself, lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close, lie in ambush (ambush), seclude oneself, lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl, steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along, play at bopeep, play at hide and seek, hide in holes and corners, still hunt.