hide

== English == === Alternative forms === hyde (obsolete) === Pronunciation === enPR: hīd, IPA(key): /haɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), 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. ==== Verb ==== hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden or (archaic) hid) (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover. Synonyms: conceal, occult, hide away, secrete, veil, disguise, bury Antonyms: disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover, visiblize, visualize 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town hid himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find. Synonyms: go undercover, hide away, hide out, lie low, hole up Antonyms: reveal, show ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hyde, from Old English hȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéw(H)tis (“skin, hide”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin, rind, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(H)- (“to cover”), ultimately the same root as the above etymology. More at sky. ==== Noun ==== hide (plural hides) (countable) The skin of an animal. Synonyms: pelt, skin (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin. (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril. Coordinate term: ass (see ass § Usage notes) 1957, Ayn Rand, Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged: The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as I think he will. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them. (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway. (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past and past participle hided) To beat with a whip made from hide. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind. ==== Noun ==== hide (plural hides) (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. [from 9th c.] Synonym: carucate ===== Usage notes ===== The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed (in England) to the Saxon and Norman kings, and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year. ===== Hypernyms ===== (100 hides) barony ===== Hyponyms ===== (1⁄4 hide) See virgate (1⁄8 hide) See oxgang (1⁄16 hide) nook farundel ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Heid, Ihde, hied == Albanian == === Alternative forms === ide === Etymology === From Turkish iğde (“oleaster”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhidɛ/ === Noun === hide f (plural hide, definite hidja, definite plural hidet) (botany) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) === References === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), from earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), related to *hīwô (“household”). ==== Noun ==== hide (plural hides or hiden or hide) hide (unit of land) ===== Alternative forms ===== hyde ===== Descendants ===== English: hide Scots: hyd, hid ==== References ==== “hīde, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From hiden (“to hide”). ==== Noun ==== hide concealment hiding spot ===== Alternative forms ===== hid, hyd, hyde ===== Descendants ===== English: hide Scots: hide ==== References ==== “hīd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== hide alternative form of hyde (“skin”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== hide alternative form of hythe (“landing place, port”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== hide alternative form of heed (“head”) === Etymology 6 === ==== Verb ==== hide alternative form of hiden (“to hide”) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxiː.de/, [ˈhiː.de] === Noun === hīde inflection of hīd: nominative plural accusative singular/plural genitive/dative singular