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verb

Hide v. t. (past hid; past part. hidden; pres. part. hiding)

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."

To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate."

To remove from danger; to shelter. "In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion."

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.

Synonyms: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.

Hide v. t. (past & past part. hided; pres. part. hiding) To flog; to whip. (Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.)

Hide v. i. (past hid; past part. hidden; pres. part. hiding) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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."

Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.

noun

Hide n. (O. Eng. Law.)

(a)

An abode or dwelling.

(b)

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. (Written also hyde)

Hide n.

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

The human skin; so called in contempt. "O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!"

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"Hide" Quotes from Famous Books

... is not a happy one, but she must smile and be gay and hide her heartache. You can afford ...

— The Highgrader • William MacLeod Raine

... understand how to cure wounds and hurts, or inveterate sores and injuries, by means of herbs and roots, which grow in the country, and which are known to them. Their clothing, both for men and women, is a piece of duffels or leather in front, with a deer skin or elk's hide over the body. Some have bears' hides of which they make doublets; others have coats made of the skins of raccoons, wild-cats, wolves, dogs, otters, squirrels, beavers and the like, and also of turkey's feathers. At present they use for the most part duffels cloth, ...

— Narrative of New Netherland • Various

... to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others shew, That ...

— Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. Volume 1 • Henry Hunt

... work at last, and spurn her with disgust? And shall your pride blot out the past and hide her murdered trust? And will you brand upon her brow the deeds which she doth do? Speak; Will you dare to hate her now, ...

— Selected Poems • William Francis Barnard

... over the verge of sentimentality. The sentiments expressed are not of the exalted, imaginative kind; they are the sentiments of plain people who feel deeply but who can seldom express their feeling. Now, most people are sentimental (though we commonly try to hide the fact, more's the pity), and we are at heart grateful to the poet who says for us in simple, musical language what we are unable or ashamed to say for ourselves. In a word, the popularity of Longfellow's poems rests firmly on ...

— Outlines of English and American Literature • William J. Long

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