hide
/haɪd/ verb, noun
Forms hides hiding hid hidden hided hyde
- verb (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover. “He hides his magazines under the bed.”
- verb (intransitive) 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!”
- noun (countable) The skin of an animal.
- noun (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
- noun (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril. “to save his own hide”
- noun (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- noun (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- noun (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
- verb To beat with a whip made from hide.
- noun (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
Synonyms
conceal occult hide away secrete veil disguise bury go undercover hide out lie low hole up pelt skin carucate fell shroud enshroud cover obscure blot out obliterate
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Etymology
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.
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.
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.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
- verb To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
- verb To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
- noun The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; --generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
Etymology [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h; akin to Gr. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
Etymology [AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hide”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details