hide

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. (countable) The skin of an animal.
2. (derogatory, obsolete) The human skin.
3. (US, informal, metonymically, uncountable, usually) 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) 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.

Noun

A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

Opposite of

disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover, visiblize, visualize

Synonyms

conceal

cover

skin

leather

secrete

cover up

keep secret

disguise

conceal oneself

obscure

pelt

screen

veil

shelter

go into hiding

lurk

bury

animal skin

bark

fur

disappear

shield

🛡️

protect

dissemble

shut

hide oneself

close

fell

be hidden

put away

shroud

mask

😷

lost

keep back

skulk

dodge

cloak

shade

deceive

suppress

peel

obliterate

overshadow

keep to oneself

concealed

eclipse

hide out

dissimulate

blot out

hidden

Translations

cacher

verstecken

verbergen

esconder

nascondere

dissimuler

esconder

peau

ocultar

se cacher

verbergen

pelle

verstoppen

Haut

piel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hiden

Inherited from Old English: hȳdan

Cognate with Dutch: huiden

Cognate with Low German: (ver)hüden

Cognate with Welsh: cuddio

Cognate with Latin: custōs

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κεύθω

Cognate with Sanskrit: कुहरम्

Inherited from Middle English: hyde

Inherited from Old English: hȳd

Cognate with Latin: cutis

Cognate with Western Frisian: hûd

Cognate with Dutch: huid

Cognate with German: Haut

Cognate with Welsh: cwd

Cognate with Lithuanian: kutys

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κύτος

Inherited from Middle English: hide

Inherited from Old English: hīd

Cognate with Old English: hīwisc

Cognate with Old English: hīwan

In summary

From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), 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 used for the past participle.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky.

Sentences

These systems may provide an option to hide the escape sequences .