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hide verb1. , (arch.) hid.
[Old English hdan = Old Frisian heda, Middle Dutch humac;den, Low German (ver)huen, from West Germanic.]
verb trans. Put or keep out of sight; conceal intentionally from the view or notice of others. OE.
S. Bellow Hoards sugar and potatoes, hides money in his mattress.
b. Conceal in order to shield or protect. ME-E17.
verb intrans. & refl. Put or keep oneself out of sight, conceal oneself. OE.
N. Symington Little Carl hid behind a bush to listen to their conversation.
verb trans. Keep (a fact or matter) from the knowledge or observation of others; keep secret. ME.
verb trans. Keep (something) from view without intention of secrecy; cover up; obstruct the view of. ME.
V. S. Naipaul The four days of rain and mist that hid my surroundings from me.
Phrases, & with adverbs & prepositions in specialized senses: all hid hide-and-seek; the signal cry in hide-and-seek. hide away conceal (a person or thing). hide one's face (in biblical language) turn away, withdraw one's eyes, take no heed. hide one's head protect one's head, take shelter; keep out of sight, keep from shame. hide one's light under a bushel: see BUSHEL noun 3. hide out remain in concealment. hide up (a) = hide away above; (b) = hide out above.
Comb.: hide-and-coop US = hide-and-seek below; hide-and-go-seek N. Amer. = hide-and-seek below; hide-and-seek (a) a children's game in which one or more players seek a player or players in hiding; (b) a process or an attempt to find an evasive person or thing, or to evade a seeker; hide-out colloq. a hiding place.
hider noun LME.