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hide

/haɪd/noun, verb1 syllable

Hide means: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

Synonyms for hide14

noun, as in body covering of a living animal

pelt, skin

noun, as in the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

verb, as in make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, efface

verb, as in cover as if with a shroud

shroud, enshroud, cover

verb, as in prevent from being seen or discovered

verb, as in be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

hide out

also used for hide

carucate

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Opposites of hide

What does hide mean?6

verb

1

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing“a hidden message”

2

cover as if with a shroud“The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery”

3

prevent from being seen or discovered“hide the money”

4

be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety“Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding”

noun

1

body covering of a living animal

2

the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hide?48

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Hide in a sentence

  • Either she's really doing well, or she can hide everything behind a smile.AlanF_US
  • However long you try to hide it, the lies will come out anyway.AlanF_US
  • The longer you hide your feelings for someone, the more you fall for them.fenfang557
  • The studio is very small, with no place to hide.papabear
  • Don't you try to hide, with those angel eyes?ConqueRRoR
  • Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide.Hybrid
  • A lot of girls hide their autism, sometimes evading diagnosis well into adulthood.deniko
  • Anyone wanting to play hide-and-seek, touch my finger.terrywallwork

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Forms of hide

as a noun

plural
hides

as a verb

past tense
hid
past participle
hidden
present participle
hiding
third-person singular
hides