HIDE (hid, hidden)

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Irregular inflected forms: hid    , hidden   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hide mean? 

• HIDE (noun)
  The noun HIDE has 2 senses:

1. the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

2. body covering of a living animal

  Familiarity information: HIDE used as a noun is rare.

• HIDE (verb)
  The verb HIDE has 4 senses:

1. prevent from being seen or discovered

2. be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

3. cover as if with a shroud

4. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

  Familiarity information: HIDE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fell; hide

Hypernyms ("hide" is a kind of...):

animal skin (the outer covering of an animal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hide"):

goatskin (the hide of a goat)

rawhide (untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes)

cowhide (the hide of a cow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Body covering of a living animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hide; pelt; skin

Hypernyms ("hide" is a kind of...):

body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)

• HIDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hide    ... he / she / it hides   
Past simple: hid   
Past participle: hidden   
-ing form: hiding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent from being seen or discovered

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

conceal; hide

Context example:

hide the money

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hide"):

harbor; harbour; shield (hold back a thought or feeling about)

lurk; skulk (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner)

sweep under the rug (to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others)

disguise; mask (make unrecognizable)

becloud; befog; cloud; fog; haze over; mist; obnubilate; obscure (make less visible or unclear)

cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)

bury (cover from sight)

bosom (hide in one's bosom)

cover (spread over a surface to conceal or protect)

block; obstruct (shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight)

secrete (place out of sight; keep secret)

veil (to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

They hide
They hide themselves

Antonym:

show (make visible or noticeable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

hide; hide out

Context example:

She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hide"):

lie low (to try to avoid detection especially by police)

stow away (hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation)

hunker down (take shelter)

hole up (remain secluded or in hiding)

lie low (keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous)

earth (hide in the earth like a hunted animal)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

They hide
They hide themselves

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cover as if with a shroud

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cover; enshroud; hide; shroud

Context example:

The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

Hypernyms (to "hide" is one way to...):

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blot out; hide; obliterate; obscure; veil

Context example:

a veiled threat

Hypernyms (to "hide" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

efface; obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hide"):

mystify (make mysterious)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

hiding (the activity of keeping something secret)

 Context examples 

Elizabeth also wept and was unhappy, but hers also was the misery of innocence, which, like a cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides but cannot tarnish its brightness.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Hide yourself, she pursued, if not at home, somewhere.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Also, because the pancreas is hidden behind other organs, health care providers cannot see or feel the tumors during routine exams.

(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

As soon as the door was closed, however, the mask fell from her face, and she sank down into a chair with a great sigh, and hid her eyes with her hand.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Though the halos themselves would not be responsible for hiding the black holes, they could be a clue about what is occurring.

(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)

Monster black holes sometimes lurk behind gas and dust, hiding from the gaze of most telescopes.

(Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard, NASA)

Lock guns in a rack or safe, and hide the keys or combination.

(Gun Safety, NIH)

The making known of a fact that had previously been hidden; release of information.

(Disclosure, NCI Thesaurus)

He visited Grey Beaver's camp often, and hidden under his coat was always a black bottle or so.

(White Fang, by Jack London)