Verb: hide (hid,hidden) hId
- Prevent from being seen or discovered
"hide the money";
- conceal
- 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";
- hide out [informal]
- Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
"The heavy fog hid the landscape";
- obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil
- Cover as if with a shroud
"Dark clouds hid the mountain peak";
- shroud, enshroud, cover
- Body covering of a living animal
"The tiger's hide was striped and sleek";
- pelt, skin
- The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
"The Native American drum was made from buffalo hide";
- fell
- [Brit] A covered structure for observing animals without scaring them away
"Birdwatchers set up a hide near the lake to observe waterfowl"
Derived forms: hides, hid, hidden, hiding
Type of: act, alter, animal skin, body covering, change, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, modify, move, wrap
Encyclopedia: Hide, Peter