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verb Hide v. t. (past hid; past part. hidden; pres. part. hiding) 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." "If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid." 2.To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate." 3.To remove from danger; to shelter. "In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion." 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." To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." To hide the face from. (a)To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." (b)To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with. Synonyms: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
Hide v. i. (past hid; past part. hidden; pres. part. hiding) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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." Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.
Hidden past part., adj. From Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths or Hidden octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave. Synonyms: Hidden, Secret, Covert. Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed. "Bring to light the hidden things of darkness." "My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet." "By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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