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Pronunciation: /haɪd/

The English word “hide” has 10 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
  2. To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
  3. To beat with a whip made from hide.

noun

  1. The skin of an animal.
  2. The human skin.
  3. One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  4. (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  5. A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
  6. A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
  7. A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

Etymology

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…

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