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You can hide your feelings or you can hide your mom’s birthday present. You can even hide yourself if you need to avoid someone. Whatever it is, when you hide something, you put it out of sight.

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To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

Noun
body covering of a living animal

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

Verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

Verb
cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"

Verb
prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

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Verb
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"


v. t.
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

v. t.
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

v. t.
To remove from danger; to shelter.

v. i.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

n.
An abode or dwelling.

n.
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.

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.

n.
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.

v. t.
To flog; to whip.


Hide

Hide , v. t. [imp. Hid ; p. p. Hidden , Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding .] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. hdan; akin to Gr. , and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.] 1. 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.
2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
3. 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." Prov. xxii. 3. -- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. -- To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with. Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.

Hide

Hide, v. i. 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. Swift.

Hide

Hide, n. [AS. h'c6d, earlier h'c6ged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. h'c6wan, h'c6gan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (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

Hide, n. [OE.hide, hude, AS. hd; akin to D. huid, OHG, ht, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ; and cf. Gr. skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. .] 1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc. 2. The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!

Hide

Hide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.] To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

An abode or dwelling.

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

To flog; to whip.

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Usage Examples

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.

Everyone has this perception that the bloggers, they say horrible things about you and they hide behind their computers where you can't see them.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition.

I manage to hide in my movies.

I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 16, and he was eight years older. My father was furious about this 24-year-old, and I had to hide the relationship.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide he exposes himself.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking a wreck. Don't worry girls, look like a wreck, that's the way it goes.

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