hide

verb

1. 1

   To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.

   He hides his magazines under the bed.

   The father hid the gift behind him.

   I've got nothing to hide.

   The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.

2. 2

   To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.

   You can run, but you can't hide!

   The thieves were found hiding in an abandoned building.

   Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

   Baby, I know places we won't be found, and They'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down 'Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places

noun

1. 1

   The skin of an animal.

2. 2

   obsoleteThe human skin.

   O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!

3. 3

   informalOne's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.

   to save his own hide

   better watch his hide

   The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as I think he will.

4. 4

   (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.

   A Forest Trail and wild life hides lie 2 miles to the north-east. Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides.

5. 5

   A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.

   In the early days of American settlement, hides were built into houses to provide protection from the Indians and to conceal merchandise from the threat of taxation or thievery.

6. 6

   A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.

verb

1. 1

   To beat with a whip made from hide.

   He ran last week, and he was hided, and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.

noun

1. 1

   historicalA unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

   The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.

Forms

plural

hides

past tense

hid, hided

past participle

hidden, hid, hided

present participle

hiding

third person singular

hides