Past tense of hide

irregular verb

The past tense of hide is hid. The past participle is hidden.

Forms of hide

Base form (V1)	hide /haɪd/
Past tense (V2)	hid /hɪd/
Past participle (V3)	hidden /ˈhɪd.(ə)n/
Present participle	hiding /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
Third person singular	hides /haɪdz/

Past tense of hide by meaning

to put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.: hid
to beat with a whip made from hide.: hided

Hid and hidden in a sentence

The father hid the gift behind him.
The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
I took the quarter and hid it in my right flank.From the entry flank
I hid myself because I was afraid.From the entry because
Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.From the entry cloak

Meaning of hide

verb To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
verb To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
noun The skin of an animal.

Full definition of hide

Verbs like hide

say (said)
pay (paid)
lay (laid)
slide (slid)
repay (repaid)
undo (undid)
overlay (overlaid)
redo (redid)

Questions about the past tense of hide

What is the past tense of hide?: The past tense of hide is hid.
What is the past participle of hide?: The past participle of hide is hidden.
Is hide a regular or irregular verb?: Hide is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.

Adapted from Wiktionary: hide (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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