Hide
Hide (hīd) , transitive verb
[Old English hiden, huden, Anglo-Saxon hȳdan; akin to Greek key`qein, and prob. to English house, hut, and perh. to English hide of an animal, and to hoard. Compare Hoard.]
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.
Collocations (3)
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.
Hide , intransitive verb
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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.
Collocations (1)
Hide and seek , a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. — Swift
Hide , noun
[Anglo-Saxon hīd, earlier hīged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; compare Anglo-Saxon hīwan, hīgan, members of a household, and English hind a peasant.]
(a)
(O. Eng. Law.) An abode or dwelling.
(b)
(O. Eng. Law.) 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.
Hide , noun
[Old English hide, hude, Anglo-Saxon hȳd; akin to Dutch huid, Old High German hūt, German haut, Icelandic hūe, Danish & Swedish hud, Latin cutis, Greek ky`tos; and compare Greek sky`tos skin, hide, Latin scutum shield, and English sky. r13.]
1.
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
2.
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!
Hide (hīd) , transitive verb
To flog; to whip. [Provincial English & Low, United States]