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hide

  • verb
  • hīd

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

Example

“He hides his magazines under the bed.”

Other meanings

  1. 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!”

  2. To beat with a whip made from hide.

Synonyms

  • conceal

Example sentences

  • “Where does the moon hide its light?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “You've got nowhere to hide.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “I put it here to hide it from the cats.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "hȳdan" (to hide, conceal, preserve).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hide” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.