hide

UK /haɪd/ US /haɪd/
noun 6verb 3

Definitions

verb

1

To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.

He hides his magazines under the bed.

The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.

2

To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.

Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

Baby, I know places we won't be found, and They'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down 'Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places

noun

1

The skin of an animal.

2

The human skin.

O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!

3

One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.

to save his own hide

better watch his hide

4

(mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.

A Forest Trail and wild life hides lie 2 miles to the north-east. Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides.

5

A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.

In the early days of American settlement, hides were built into houses to provide protection from the Indians and to conceal merchandise from the threat of taxation or thievery.

verb

1

To beat with a whip made from hide.

He ran last week, and he was hided, and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.

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