“hide” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. the thick skin of a large animal, treated to make leather ○ a real hide wallet ○ How many hides are needed to make that leather sofa? 2. a place where birdwatchers can sit to watch birds without being seen by them ○ Birdwatchers set up hides all round the lake.

verb 1. to put something where no one can see or find it ○ She hid the presents in the kitchen. ○ They kept some gold coins hidden under the bed. ○ Someone has hidden my car keys. 2. to put yourself where no one can see or find you ○ They hid in the bushes until the police car had gone past. ○ Quick! Hide behind the door!

(hid), v. t. [imp. Hid (hid); p. p. Hidden (hid´d’n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (hid´ing).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. hydan; 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. “A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.” Matt. v. 15. “If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid.” Shak.
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. “Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.” Pope.
3. To remove from danger; to shelter. “In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.” Ps. xxvi. 5. 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.

v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one’s self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. “Bred to disguise, in public ’tis you hide.” Pope. Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.

n. [AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, 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.]