hide

Plural: hides

Noun

• the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
• body covering of a living animal
• The skin of an animal.
• The human skin.
• One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
• (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
• A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
• A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
• A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

Verb

Verb Forms: hid, hidden, hiding, hides, hided

• To beat or flog someone, especially as punishment.
• To put or keep out of sight; to conceal.
• prevent from being seen or discovered
  • "Muslim women hide their faces"
  • "hide the money"
• be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
• cover as if with a shroud
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
• To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
• To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
• To beat with a whip made from hide.

Examples

• better watch his hide
• He hides his magazines under the bed.
• If I don’t find a good word, my brain will HIDE me for playing so poorly.
• She tried to HIDE her high-scoring tiles, but her opponent saw right through her bluff.
• The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
• to save his own hide

Synonyms

blot out, conceal, cover, enshroud, fell, hide out, obliterate, obscure, pelt, shroud, skin, veil, bury, carucate, disguise, go undercover, hide away, hole up, lie low, occult, secrete

Antonyms

show, disclose, expose, reveal, uncover, visiblize, visualize

Anagrams of hide