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HIDE

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Irregular inflected forms: hid    , hidden   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Body covering of a living animal

Synonyms:

hide; pelt; skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hide" is a kind of...):

body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fell; hide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hide" is a kind of...):

animal skin (the outer covering of an animal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hide"):

cowhide (the hide of a cow)

goatskin (the hide of a goat)

rawhide (untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Example:

a veiled threat

Synonyms:

blot out; hide; obliterate; obscure; veil

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "hide" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

efface; obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hide"):

mystify (make mysterious)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

hiding (the activity of keeping something secret)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover as if with a shroud

Example:

The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

Synonyms:

cover; enshroud; hide; shroud

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hide" is one way to...):

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Prevent from being seen or discovered

Example:

hide the money

Synonyms:

conceal; hide

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hide"):

lurk; skulk (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner)

sweep under the rug (to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others)

disguise; mask (make unrecognizable)

becloud; befog; cloud; fog; haze over; mist; obnubilate; obscure (make less visible or unclear)

harbor; harbour; shield (hold back a thought or feeling about)

cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)

bury (cover from sight)

bosom (hide in one's bosom)

cover (spread over a surface to conceal or protect)

block; obstruct (shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight)

secrete (place out of sight; keep secret)

veil (to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

They hide

They hide themselves

Antonym:

show (make visible or noticeable)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

Example:

She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana

Synonyms:

hide; hide out

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hide"):

lie low (to try to avoid detection especially by police)

stow away (hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation)

hunker down (take shelter)

hole up (remain secluded or in hiding)

lie low (keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous)

earth (hide in the earth like a hunted animal)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

They hide

They hide themselves

Credits

 Context examples: 

We took no pains to hide it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But she made me swear, first, never to reveal the hiding- place; and I never have.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He hid them, and he tried hard to swear away the young man’s life.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were perfectly cut and deposited in containers of varying sizes that were made of different materials (metal, leather and even wood), which were then hidden in specific parts of the cave.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

Molony also claims the ship backed into its Southampton berth in a bid to hide fire damage.

(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)

The wife liked the thought; so they left a light burning, and hid themselves in a corner of the room, behind a curtain that was hung up there, and watched what would happen.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

But now and then there came a deep growl from some wild animal hidden among the trees.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

A team of University of Utah seismologists has discovered a reservoir of hot, partly molten rock hidden 12 to 28 miles beneath Yellowstone's supervolcano.

(Yellowstone magma discovery, NSF)

Once you discover the secret, the person who hid it may try to deny or obfuscate the truth, which would only work to compound the situation.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We could never hide ourselves upon it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)