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verb

Hide v. t. (past hid; past part. hidden; pres. part. hiding)

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."

To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate."

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. t. (past & past part. hided; pres. part. hiding) To flog; to whip. (Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.)

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 hiding) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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.

noun

Hide n. (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)

Hide n.

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

The human skin; so called in contempt. "O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!"

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"Hide" Quotes from Famous Books

... arrived he vanished into the painted pavilion reserved for him at one end of the lists, accompanied only by his faithful esquire. Hastily he donned his suiting of reinforced ox-hide, which covered the whole of his person from head to foot, and hung stiffly in folds all round him. Then, holding out a metal tube which was attached to the front of the costume, he presented it to his esquire, saying in the vernacular of ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 18th, 1920 • Various

... face back a little. The little woman turned away, trying in vain to hide her tearful smile, and they laughed together, Olive mingling a daughter's fond kiss with ...

— Old Creole Days • George Washington Cable

... out, but hesitated and halted. He happened to think that he was a poor shot with a revolver and a fine one with a rifle. So he went back for his rifle, a small high-power, repeating gun that he could take apart and hide under his coat. When he reached the porch the official glanced from the weapon to Kurt's face and said, with a flash ...

— The Desert of Wheat • Zane Grey

... Miss Beals. Just imagine he's a young hobo you're in love with and yer father won't let him up the steps. You're doing the Merry Widow act while the old man's not looking. Don't bow so low you hide your face, Mr. Peters. Your face is worth money to us all. And everybody get a move on! You're too slow! Hit it up a ...

— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various

... develop with a rapidity equalled only by their violence. A second flash of lightning rent the darkness, and was followed by a score of others in quick succession. The sky was crossed and dotted, like the zebra's hide, with electric sparks, which danced and flickered beneath the great drops ...

— Five Weeks in a Balloon • Jules Verne

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