'Hide' definitions:
Definition of 'hide'
From: WordNet
noun
The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) [syn: hide, fell]
noun
verb
Prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal] [ant: show]
verb
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" [syn: hide, hide out]
verb
Cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover]
verb
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide]
Definition of 'Hide'
From: GCIDE
- Hide \Hide\, v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hide'
From: GCIDE
- Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Hid (h[i^]d); p. p. Hidden (h[i^]d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
- 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. --Matt. v. 15. [1913 Webster]
- If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. --Shak. [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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To remove from danger; to shelter. [1913 Webster]
- In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. --Ps. xxvi. 5. [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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hide'
From: GCIDE
- Hide \Hide\, n. [AS. h[imac]d, earlier h[imac]ged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. h[imac]wan, h[imac]gan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80,
- 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hide'
From: GCIDE
- Hide \Hide\, n. [OE. hide, hude, AS. h[=y]d; akin to D. huid, OHG. h[=u]t, G. haut, Icel. h[=u][eth], Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; and cf. Gr. sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. [root]13.]
- 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! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hide'
From: GCIDE