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hide ¹  (hd)

v. hid (hd), hid·den (hdn) or hid, hid·ing, hides

v.tr.

1. To put or keep out of sight; secrete.

2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal: tried to hide the facts.

3. To cut off from sight; cover up: Clouds hid the stars.

4. To avert (one's gaze), especially in shame or grief.

v.intr.

1. To keep oneself out of sight.

2. To seek refuge.

Phrasal Verb:

hide out

To be in hiding, as from a pursuer: The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city.

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[Middle English hiden, from Old English hdan; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: hide¹, conceal, secrete², cache, screen, cloak
These verbs mean to keep from the sight or knowledge of others. Hide and conceal are the most general and are often used interchangeably: I used a throw rug to hide (or conceal) the stain on the carpet. I smiled to hide (or conceal) my hurt feelings.
Secrete and cache involve concealment in a place unknown to others; cache often implies storage for later use: The lioness secreted her cubs in the tall grass. The mountain climbers cached their provisions in a cave.
To screen is to shield or block from the view of others: Tall shrubs screen the actor's home from the curious.
To cloak is to conceal something by masking or disguising it: "On previously cloaked issues, the Soviets have suddenly become forthcoming" (John McLaughlin). See Also Synonyms at block.

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hide ²  (hd)

n.

The skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal.

tr.v. hid·ed, hid·ing, hides

To beat severely; flog.

Idiom:

hide nor hair

A trace; a vestige: haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.

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[Middle English, from Old English hd; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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hide ³  (hd)

n.

An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.

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[Middle English, from Old English hd; see kei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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hiding ¹

Noun

1. a state of concealment: in hiding

2. hiding place a place of concealment

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hiding ²

Noun

Informal a severe beating

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hiding - the activity of keeping something secret concealing, concealment activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" disguise, camouflage - the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" mask - activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship" masking, screening, cover, covering - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" cover - a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent); "her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment" cover-up - concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public burying, burial - concealing something under the ground smoke screen, smokescreen - an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures" stealth, stealing - avoiding detection by moving carefully money laundering - concealing the source of illegally gotten money
	2.	hiding - the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding" concealment, privateness, secrecy, privacy - the condition of being concealed or hidden

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hiding

noun (Informal) beating, whipping, thrashing, tanning (slang) caning, licking (informal) flogging, spanking, walloping (informal) drubbing, lathering (informal) whaling, larruping Brit. (dialect)

Translations

hiding [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n (beating) → paliza;

to be in hiding (= concealed) → estar escondido

hiding [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n (= beating) → correction f, volée f de coups;

to be in hiding (= concealed) → se tenir caché(e)

hiding [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n → Tracht f Prügel;

to be in hiding (concealed) → sich versteckt halten

hiding [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] n (= beating) → bastonata;

to be in hiding (= concealed) → tenersi nascosto/a