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UK/haɪd/ US/ˈhaɪd/ very common informal us
verb (4) noun (2)

verb

1.

prevent from being seen or discovered

  • “Muslim women hide their faces”
  • “hide the money”
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2.

be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

  • “Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding”
  • “She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana”
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3.

cover as if with a shroud

  • “The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery”
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4.

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

  • “a hidden message”
  • “a veiled threat”
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noun

1.

the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

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Origin

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. Cognates 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.

Phrases

  • bird hide
  • bring one's own hide to market
  • carry one's own hide to market
  • chap someone's hide
  • damn your hide
  • green hide
  • have someone's hide
  • hide and coop
  • hide and go seek
  • hide and seek
  • hide beetle
  • hide behind

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