hide
/haɪd/
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Northumbria/hɛɪd/
hide verb: to put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
Verb (1)
hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden or (archaic) hid)
- To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- He hides his magazines under the bed.
- The father hid the gift behind him.
- To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
- You can run, but you can't hide!
- The thieves were found hiding in an abandoned building.
Noun (1)
hide (plural hides)
- The skin of an animal.
- The human skin.
- O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
- to save his own hide
- better watch his hide
- (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- A Forest Trail and wild life hides lie 2 miles to the north-east. Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 382, about Tighnabruaich
- A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- In the early days of American settlement, hides were built into houses to provide protection from the Indians and to conceal merchandise from the threat of taxation or thievery.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 125
- A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
Verb (2)
hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past and past participle hided)
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
- He ran last week, and he was hided, and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.1891, Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, Riding
Noun (2)
hide (plural hides)
- A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
- The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 488
- Synonyms:
- carucate
hide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hide in Hindi
- (transitive) put in a place where it will be harder to discover
- छिपान chipān, छुपाना chupānā, छिपाना chipānā, लुकाना lukānā
- (intransitive) put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find
- छिपना chipnā, लुकना luknā, छुपना chupnā
- skin of an animal
- चर्म carm
hide in Tamil
- (transitive) put in a place where it will be harder to discover
- மறை maṟai, ஒளி oḷi
- (intransitive) put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find
- மறை maṟai, ஒளி oḷi
hide in Marathi
- to hide
- छपवणे chapavṇe, लपणे lapṇe
- to hide, conceal
- लपवणे lapavṇe
- hide, skin
- चामडे cāmḍe
hide in Urdu
- (transitive) put in a place where it will be harder to discover
- چھپانا chupānā
- skin of an animal
- چَرْم carm
More languagesFewer languages
- hide in Bengali
- লুকানো lukanō
- hide in Telugu
- దాచు dācu, దాక్కొను dākkonu, తోలు tōlu
- hide in Malayalam
- മറയ്ക്കുക maṟaykkuka, ഒളിപ്പിക്കുക oḷippikkuka, മറയുക maṟayuka, ഒളിക്കുക oḷikkuka
- hide in Kannada
- ಚರ್ಮ carma
- hide in Punjabi
- ਲੁੱਕ lukka, لُکاݨا lukāṇā, لُکݨا lukṇā
- hide in Gujarati
- સંતાડવું santāṛvũ
- hide in Odia
- ଲୁଚିବା lucibā
- hide in Sanskrit
- गूहति gūhati
- hide in Assamese
- লুকা luka, লুকুৱা lukua
- hide in Nepali
- लुक्नु luknu, लुकाउनु lukāunu
- hide in Tagalog
- itago, magtago, panit
- hide in Arabic
- أَخْفَى ʔaḵfā, خَبَأَ ḵabaʔa, اِخْتَبَأَ iḵtabaʔa, إِهَاب ʔihāb
- hide in Malay
- menyembunyikan, bersembunyi, kulit
- hide in Indonesian
- menyembunyikan, sembunyi, bersembunyi
- hide in Persian
- پنهان کردن panhân kardan, نهفتن nahoftan, چرم čarm, جلد jeld
- hide in Thai
- ปิดบัง bpìt-bang, ปกปิด bpòk-bpìt, ซ่อน sɔ̂ɔn, บัง bang
- hide in Vietnamese
- giấu, nấp, núp, náu
- hide in Myanmar
- ဝှက် hwak, ပုန်း pun:, လျှို hlyui, ကွယ် kwai
Examples of hide in a sentence
- I've got nothing to hide.
- The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as I think he will.1957, Ayn Rand, Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged
Synonyms of hide
Antonyms
Forms of hide
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | hides |
| present participle | hiding |
| past | hid |
| past participle | hidden |
| past participle | hided |
| past | hided |
| past participle (archaic) | hid |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hyde |
| Noun | |
| plural | hides |
Origin of hide
From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną (“to hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611), both hid and hidden are used for the past participle. Cognates Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky.
From Middle English hyde, from Old English hȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéw(H)tis (“skin, hide”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin, rind, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(H)- (“to cover”), ultimately the same root as the above etymology. More at sky. Cognates See also West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut, Danish hud, Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”).
From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.
Words formed from hide
- hidate
- hidation
- autohide
- hiddle
- hide-a-bed
- hideable
- hide-all
- hide and coop
- hide-and-die syndrome
- hide-and-go-seek
- hide and go seek
- hide and seek
- hide-and-seek
- hideaway
- hidebehind
- hide behind
- hide-hole
- hide in plain sight
- hide in the closet
- hideling
- hidelings
- hide nor hair
- hide one's light under a bushel
- hide-out
- hideout
- hide out
- hider
- hide-rope
- hide the ball
- hide the salami
- hide the sausage
- hidness
- huddle
- one can run but one can't hide
- rehide
- unhide
- bird hide
- boarhide
- bring one's own hide to market
- calfhide
- carry one's own hide to market
- chap someone's hide
- cowhide
- damn your hide
- dragonhide
- greenhide
- green hide
- green-hide
- have someone's hide
- hidage
- hide beetle
- hide-bound
- hidebound
- hideless
- hideworker
- hideworking
- hidy
- hoghide
- horsehide
- moosehide
Phrases with hide
- hide away
- hide beetles
- hide the weenie
- hide the wienie
- had someone's hide
- has someone's hide
- tan someone's hide
- tans someone's hide
- watery hide disease
- chaps someone's hide
- having someone's hide
- tanned someone's hide
14 more phrasesFewer phrases
- chapped someone's hide
- tanning someone's hide
- chapping someone's hide
- take one's own hide to market
- took one's own hide to market
- taken one's own hide to market
- takes one's own hide to market
- brings one's own hide to market
- taking one's own hide to market
- brought one's own hide to market
- carried one's own hide to market
- carries one's own hide to market
- bringing one's own hide to market
- carrying one's own hide to market
Words that rhyme with hide
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- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about hide
- What does hide mean?
- Hide means to put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- What is hide in Hindi?
- Hide in Hindi is छिपान (chipān), छुपाना (chupānā), छिपाना (chipānā). See Hide meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hide in a sentence?
- I've got nothing to hide.
- What part of speech is hide?
- Hide can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hide?
- Hide is pronounced /haɪd/.
- What is the past tense of hide?
- The past tense of hide is hid.
Words near hide in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hide (page history and authors); चामडे (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಚರ್ಮ (Kannada) (page history and authors); लुकाउनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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