- hide
- [[t]ha͟ɪd[/t]]
♦♦♦1) VERB If you hide something or someone, you put them in a place where they cannot easily be seen or found.
[V n] He hid the bicycle in the hawthorn hedge...
[V n] They could see that I was terrified, and hid me until the coast was clear.
Syn:2) VERB If you hide or if you hide yourself, you go somewhere where you cannot easily be seen or found.At their approach the little boy scurried and hid...
[V pron-refl] They hid themselves behind a tree.
3) VERB If you hide your face, you press your face against something or cover your face with something, so that people cannot see it.[V n] She hid her face under the collar of his jacket and she started to cry...
[V n] He hid his face in his hands again, lost in his own thoughts.
4) VERB If you hide what you feel or know, you keep it a secret, so that no one knows about it.[V n] Lee tried to hide his excitement...
[V n] I have absolutely nothing to hide, I have done nothing wrong...
[V n] Alison was not the sort of person to hide anything from her dad.
5) VERB If something hides an object, it covers it and prevents it from being seen.[V n] The man's heavy moustache hid his upper lip completely...
[V n] The compound was hidden by trees and shrubs.
6) N-COUNT A hide is a place which is built to look like its surroundings. Hides are used by people who want to watch or photograph animals and birds without being seen by them. [mainly BRIT](in AM, use blind)7) N-VAR A hide is the skin of a large animal such as a cow, horse, or elephant, which can be used for making leather....the process of tanning animal hides.
...kangaroo hide.
Syn:8) → See also , hiding
English dictionary. 2008.
