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  • noun. An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.
  • noun. The skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal.
  • transitive verb. To beat severely; flog.
  • idiom. (hide nor hair) A trace; a vestige.
  • intransitive verb. To put or keep out of sight or away from notice.
  • intransitive verb. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal.
  • intransitive verb. To cut off from sight; cover up: synonym: block.
  • intransitive verb. To avert (one's gaze), especially in shame or grief.
  • intransitive verb. To keep oneself out of sight or notice.
  • intransitive verb. To seek refuge or respite.
  • phrasal verb. To keep from being criticized or caught doing wrong by making use or mention of (something), especially as an excuse.
  • phrasal verb. To be in hiding, as from a pursuer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover with or as with hide.
  • To beat; flog; thrash.
  • noun. In old English law, a holding of land, the allotment of one tenant; a portion of land considered to be sufficient for the support of one family, but varying in extent in every district according to local custom and the quality of the soil, hence variously estimated at 60, 80, and 100 acres, or more.
  • noun. The skin of an animal, especially of one of the larger animals: as, the hide of a calf; the thick hide of a rhinoceros.
  • noun. An animal's skin stripped from its body and used as a material for leather or in other ways: as, a raw hide; a dressed hide; in the leather trade, specifically, the skin of a large animal, as an ox or a horse, as distiuguished from Kips, which are the skins of small or yearling cattle, and skins, which are those of smaller animals, as calves, sheep, goats, seals, etc.
  • noun. The human skin: now in a derogatory sense.
  • noun. Synonyms Pelt, etc. See skin, n.
  • To conceal from sight; prevent from being seen; cover up: as, to hide one's face; to hide a stain or a scar.
  • To conceal from discovery; secrete; put in a place of security or safety: as, to hide money.
  • To conceal from knowledge or cognizance; keep secret; hold back from avowal or disclosure; suppress: as, to hide one's feelings.
  • To withdraw; withhold; turn aside or away.
  • Synonyms Secrete, etc. (see conceal); screen, cover, cloak, veil, shroud, mask, disguise, suppress, dissemble.
  • To withdraw from sight; lie concealed; keep one's self out of view.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
  • intransitive verb. a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.
  • 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.
  • noun. The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
  • noun. An abode or dwelling.
  • noun. 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.
  • transitive verb. To flog; to whip.
  • transitive verb. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
  • transitive verb. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
  • transitive verb. To remove from danger; to shelter.
  • transitive verb. to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection.
  • transitive verb. to withdraw favor.
  • transitive verb. To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  • verb. To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
  • noun. A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.
  • noun. The skin of an animal.
  • noun. (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  • noun. One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  • verb. To beat with a whip made from hide.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. body covering of a living animal
  • verb. be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
  • verb. prevent from being seen or discovered
  • verb. cover as if with a shroud
  • verb. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  • Word Usage
    ""You will turn your face to the wall, say good-bye to those who you thought were your friends, build a high fence around you and hide -- _hide_ from the world and everything!""
    Form
    hided  hiding  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    becloud  befog  block  bosom  bury  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clyde  Eid  Hyde  Outside  Pride  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bark  blanket  canvas  carcass  coat  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    Hyde  hid  hidden  
    verb-form
    hid  hidden  hides  hiding