Hide

Verb

 * 1)  To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
 * He hides his magazines under the bed.
 * The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
 * 1) * 1856:, , Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
 * The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town hid himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him.
 * 1)  To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Synonyms

 * : conceal, hide away, secrete
 * : go undercover, hide away, hide oneself, hide out, lie low

Antonyms

 * : disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover
 * : reveal oneself, show oneself

Derived terms

 * hide and seek / hide-and-seek
 * hideaway
 * hideout
 * hide one's light under a bushel


 * hider
 * one can run but one can't hide

Noun

 * 1)  The skin of an animal.
 * 2)   A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
 * 3) A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.

Synonyms

 * pelt, skin
 * carucate

Derived terms

 * cowhide
 * damn your hide


 * have someone's hide
 * rawhide


 * tan someone's hide

Adjectives for Hide
tawny; spotted; shaggy; strange-colored; swarthy; horny; silken; callous; precious; crafty; withered; tanned.

Adverbs for Hide
effectually; obscurely; modestly; instinctively; completely; craftily; skillfully; subtly; avariciously.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
hiden:, from hydan: (a weak verb; strong endings in modern English come by analogy with ride: etc.), from  (cf. Low German (ver)undefined:, Swedish hysa:), from  (cf. Welsh cuddio: 'to hide', Ancient Greek undefined: 'to conceal', Sanskrit undefined: 'cave'), from *(s)keu- 'to cover'. More at.

Etymology 2
From hyd:, from  (cf. West Frisian hûd:, Dutch huid:, German Haut:), from  'skin, hide' (cf. Welsh cwd: 'scrotum', Latin cutis: 'skin', Lithuanian kutỹs: 'purse, money-belt', Ancient Greek κύτος: 'hollow vessel', undefined: 'cover, hide'), from *(s)keu- 'to cover'. More at.

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: ezkutatu
 * Bengali:
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: amagar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: verbergen, verdecken, verheimlichen, verstecken
 * Hungarian: (something and someone),  (somebody)
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 숨기다 (sumgida), 감추다 (gamchuda), 가리다 (garida)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شاردنه‌وه‌
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: slēpt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malayalam: മറയ്ക്കുക (maRaykkuka)
 * Old English:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,  ,  , скрыть
 * Scottish Gaelic: falaich, ceil
 * Sicilian: ammucciari
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: దాచు (daachu)


 * Arabic: إختبأ
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bosnian: sakriti se
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 躲藏, 隱藏,  隐藏,
 * Czech: schovat se, skrýt se
 * Dutch: zich verbergen, zich verstoppen, zich wegstoppen
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: sich verbergen, sich verstecken
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 隠れる
 * Korean: 숨다 (sumda)
 * Latvian: slēpties
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malayalam: മറയുക (maRayuka)
 * Old English: ,
 * Portuguese: esconder-se
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: прятаться, спрятаться ; скрываться ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: falaich, ceil
 * Sicilian: ammucciarisi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: gömma sig
 * Telugu: దాక్కొను (daakkonu)


 * : celar

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: huid, vel , vacht , leer
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: felo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Irish: ,
 * Korean: 가죽 (gajug, gajuk)
 * Korean: 가죽 (gajug, gajuk)


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: craiceann
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: తోలు (toalu)


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: gömme, gömställe

Anagrams

 * hied