Also spelled hid’n and idin
Meanings
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1
verb
To put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found.
The children love to hide behind the curtains.
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2
verb
To put something somewhere it cannot be seen or found.
He hides his magazines under the bed.
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3
verb
To keep a feeling or fact secret so others do not notice it.
She tried to hide her disappointment.
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4
noun
The skin of a large animal, used to make leather.
The floor was covered with the hide of a bear.
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Etymology
From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną (“to hoard”), 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…