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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Hid} (h[i^]d); p. p. {Hidden} (h[i^]d"d'n), {Hid}; p. pr & vb n. {Hiding} (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS h[=y]dan; akin to Gr key`qein, 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. --Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me I will find Where truth is hid. --Shak. 2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. --Pope. 3. To remove from danger; to shelter. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. --Ps. xxvi. 5. {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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hide \Hide\, n. [OE. hide, hude, AS h[=y]d; akin to D. huid, OHG. h[=u]t, G. haut, Icel. h[=u][eth], Dan. & Sw hud, L. cutis, Gr ky`tos; and cf Gr sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. [root]13.] 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! --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hided}; p. pr & vb n. {Hiding}.] To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hide \Hide\, v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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. --Pope. {Hide and seek}, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them --Swift. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hide \Hide\, n. [AS. h[=i]d, earlier h[=i]ged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf AS h[=i]wan, h[=i]gan, 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hide n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) [syn: {fell}] 2: body covering of a living animal [syn: {pelt}, {skin}] v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces" [syn: {conceal}] [ant: {show}] 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" [syn: {hide out}] 3: go into hiding or conceal oneself; "Where is your little brother hiding?" 4: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: {shroud}, {enshroud}, {cover}] 5: conceal or hide by covering or intervening [syn: {obscure}, {blot out}, {obliterate}]
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