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Definition hide

Etymology 1

From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English h?dan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan? (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd?- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin cust?s, Ancient Greek ????? (keúth?, “to conceal”), Sanskrit ?????? (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky.

The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611) both hid and hidden are used for the passive participle.

Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden or (archaic) hid)

  1. (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  2. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Etymology 2

From Old English h?d, from Proto-Germanic *h?diz (compare West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-t- 'skin, hide' (compare Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek ????? (kútos, “hollow vessel”), ?????? (skûtos, “cover, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-, 'to cover'. More at sky.

Noun

hide (plural hides)

  1. (countable) The skin of an animal.
  2. (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
  3. (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  4. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  5. (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
  6. (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past and past participle hided)

  1. To beat with a whip made from hide.

Etymology 3

From Middle English hide, from Old English h?d, h?d, h??ed, h??id (“a measure of land”), for earlier *h?wid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *h?waz, *h?w? (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ei- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English h?wisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English h?wan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.

Noun

hide (plural hides)

  1. (now historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. [from 9th c.]

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