Hide

v. t. [imp. HID; p. p. HID, HIDDEN; p. pr. & vb. n. HIDING.] [A-S. hydan; Icel. hyda, to spread skins over, Sw. hyda, förhyda, förhuda, to sheathe a ship. Cf. HEED, A-S. hēdan.] 1. To conceal, withhold, or withdraw from sight; to place out of view; to secrete. I will find where truth is hid. Shak. Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid. Byron. 2. To conceal from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope. 3. To protect from danger; to keep in safety; to defend. In the time of trouble, he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvii. 5. To hide the face, to withdraw favor. “Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Ps. xxx. 7.—To hide the face from. (a.) To overlook; to pardon. “Hide thy face from my sins.” Ps. li. 9. (b.) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.—To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.” Prov. xxii. 3. Syn.—To conceal; disguise; dissemble; secrete. See CONCEAL.

v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight, or observation.

Bred to disguise, in public ’tis you hide. Pope.

Hide-and-seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and another seeks them.

[imp. & p. p. HIDDEN; p. pr. & vb. n. HIDING:] To beat or flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.]

n. [A-S. hyd, L. Lat. hida, hyda. Cf. Icel. hauðr, uncultivated land.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a.) A house or dwelling. (b.) A certain portion of land, the quantity of which, however, is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 60, 80, and 100 acres. Spelman. Cowell.