Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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- intransitive verb To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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 Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S. 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to
discover orout of sight . - verb intransitive 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 countable The
skin of ananimal . - noun countable (mainly British) A covered
structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals withoutscaring them. - noun uncountable, informal One's own
life or personalsafety , especially when inperil . - verb To beat with a whip made from hide.
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For down to the comparatively late date at which our homilies were put together, the hide of Ciaran's Dun was evidently preserved _as a hide_, on or under which a dying man could lie: therefore it cannot have been made into a book.
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"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!"
Heart of Gold Ruth Alberta Brown
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Cancelled Presidential debates smack of manipulation by 'run and hide' candidates yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Cancelled Presidential debates smack of manipulation by \'run and hide\' candidates '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "I\'m prepared to discuss the war, health care, trade, or any other issue anytime, anywhere, with any audience, answering any question from any media.
Cancelled Presidential debates smack of manipulation by 'run and hide' candidates 2007
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You will turn your face to the wall, say good-bye to those who you thought were your friends, build a high fence around yourself and hide -- _hide_ from the world and everything! "
The Lilac Lady Ruth Alberta Brown
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IV. vi.169 (454.5) Robes and furr'd gowns hide all] From _hide all_ to
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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That he wants to step up, believes that previous administrations would play a game of what they call hide the ball, not tell the American people exactly what went wrong, shift responsibility.
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My first thought was that it was some sort of translation issue -- either H-I-D-E is a perfectly reasonable thing to put on a sign like this in some other language and it's just a coincidence it's spelled like the English word "hide," or the people making it got a really bad translator who chose "hide" to translate whatever sort of warning they were intending to convey.
Things that crack me up #48 Kay Olson 2008
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I'm one South Carolinian who now wishes to hide from the rest of my nation for the leaders who can somehow still make the news.
GOP congressman heckles Obama during health-care speech 2009
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A friend showed me the hide from a deer he took with a 2-blade.
this seems to be a big debate . Is the rage 2 or 3 blade the better option. 2010
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A friend showed me the hide from a deer he took with a 2-blade.
this seems to be a big debate . Is the rage 2 or 3 blade the better option. 2010
oroboros commented on the word hide
Contronymic in the sense: surface (e.g., cowhide) vs. hidden inside.
January 27, 2007
Logophile77 commented on the word hide
old unit of land area equal to 120 acres
January 10, 2018