Hide Definition

hīd
hid, hidden, hided, hides, hiding
verb
hid, hidden, hides, hiding
To put or keep out of sight; secrete; conceal.
Webster's New World
To conceal from the knowledge of others; keep secret.
To hide one's identity.
Webster's New World
To beat severely; flog.
Webster's New World
To cut off from sight; cover up.
Clouds hid the stars.
American Heritage
To keep from being seen by covering up, obscuring, etc.
Fog hid the road.
Webster's New World
noun
hides
A place of concealment for an observer of wildlife, hunter, etc.
Webster's New World
An animal skin or pelt, either raw or tanned.
Webster's New World
The skin of a person.
Webster's New World
A medieval English unit of land measure varying from 60 to 120 acres (24 to 49 hectares)
Webster's New World

(countable) The skin of an animal.

Wiktionary
idiom
hide nor hair
  • A trace; a vestige:

    haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.

American Heritage
neither hide nor hair
  • nothing whatsoever
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hide

Noun

Singular:
hide
Plural:
hides

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hide

Origin of Hide

  • From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keudh- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu- (“to cover”). Cognate with Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthô, “to conceal”), Sanskrit [script?] (kuharam, “a cave”). Related to hut and sky.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English hȳd, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz (cf. West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-t- 'skin, hide' (cf. Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kýtos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skŷtos, “cover, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-, 'to cover'. More at sky.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hiden from Old English hȳdan (s)keu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English hȳd (s)keu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English hīd kei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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