hide

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• COUNT in NET: 63 in 62 verses (in OT : 62 in 61 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hide, v. t. [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.].

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

  "In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion."  [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.

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 To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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

Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.

hide, n. [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.].

 An abode or dwelling.  [1913 Webster]

hide, n. [OE. hide, hude, AS. h; akin to D. huid, OHG. h, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; and cf. Gr. sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky.

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

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

hide, v. t. 

 To flog; to whip.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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

THESAURUS

hide

Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, accumulate, amass, backlog, be consumed, be gone, be incognito, bearskin, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beaver, beaverette, becloud, befog, best, black fox, black marten, black sable, blanket, blind, block, blot out, brook mink, buckskin, burrow, bury, cache, calf, calfskin, camouflage, capeskin, cat, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, chinchilla, chinchillette, cloak, cloud, coast seal, coat, collect, conceal, coney, cover, cover up, cowhide, cumulate, curtain, cuticle, deerskin, defeat, dematerialize, depart, dermis, destroy, die, die away, die out, disappear, disguise, dispel, disperse, dissemble, dissipate, dissolve, distract attention from, ditch, do a fade-out, do in, doeskin, dress down, drop from sight, drub, dwindle, eclipse, electric seal, ensconce, enshroud, entomb, envelop, ermine, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, fade out, fell, fix, flagellate, flail, flax, flee, fleece, flesh, flog, fly, fox, fur, furring, furs, garner, garner up, gather into barns, genet, give a dressing-down, gloss over, go, go away, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground, goatskin, harbor, heap up, hibernate, hide away, hide out, hoard, hoard up, hold, hole up, hors de combat, hush up, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, inter, jacket, jaguar, keep, keep quiet, keep secret, keep under cover, lambaste, lapin, larrup, lash, lather, lay up, leather, leather paper, leave no trace, leave the scene, leopard, lick, lie, lie close, lie doggo, lie hid, lie low, lie snug, lodge, lurk, mantle, marmot, marten, mask, masquerade, melt, melt away, merino, mink, mole, moleskin, monkey, muskrat, nutria, obfuscate, obscure, occult, otter, outclass, outdo, outer layer, outer skin, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, paddle, pass, pass away, pass out, pelt, peltry, pelts, perish, pigskin, pile up, plant, play peekaboo, put, put up, rabbit, rabbitskin, raccoon, rawhide, remain anonymous, repress, retire from sight, rind, ruin, sable, save, save up, scourge, screen, seclude, secrete, settle, shade, shagreen, sheath, sheepskin, shelter, shield, shroud, silence, sink, sink away, sit tight, skin, skin alive, skins, skunk, slur over, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, stay in hiding, stock up, stockpile, store up, stripe, suffer an eclipse, suppress, take cover, tan, tegument, thrash, tiger, treasure, treasure up, trim, triumph over, trounce, undo, vair, vanish, vanish from sight, varnish, veil, wallop, waste, waste away, wear a mask, wear away, wear out, welt, whale, whip, white fox, whitewash, wool, worst

ROGET THESAURUS

hide

Covering

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.

Concealment

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.

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