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The Meaning of hide

  • (v. t.) To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
  • (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
  • (v. t.) To remove from danger; to shelter.
  • (v. i.) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
  • (n.) An abode or dwelling.
  • (n.) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
  • (n.) The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
  • (n.) The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
  • (v. t.) To flog; to whip.

Synonyms

fell , pelt , felled seam , skin , peel , tegument , cutis , fur , cover , conceal , hide out , enshroud , obliterate , hold in , blot out , hold back , shroud , veil , obscure , cut through , get over , embrace , brood , plow , wrap up , compensate , breed , encompass , continue , treat , hatch , incubate , report , track , extend , cut across , deal , underwrite , overcompensate , address , spread over , traverse , pass over , comprehend , handle , overlay , cross , get across , cover up , insure , mist , wipe out , confuse , overcloud , kill , becloud , fog , blur , haze over , befog , obnubilate , efface , bedim , cloud , bury , entomb , overwhelm , suppress , cloak , disguise , inter , screen , dissemble , mask , secrete

Antonyms

show , admit , disclose , exhume , manifest , advertise , unveil , raise , unmask , confess , exhibit , make known , reveal , lay bare , publish , uncover , betray , divulge , lay open , discover , expose , promulgate , tell , avow , disinter

Homophones

heid , heide , hyde

Rhymes

abide , actinide , allied , alongside , apartheid , applied , arsenide , aside , astride , backside , backslide , bayside , bedside , belied , beside , betide , bide , blindside , bride , broadside , bromide , burnside , carbide , certified , chide , clarified , classified , clyde , cockeyed , codified , coincide , collide , complied , confide , countryside , cried , cyanide , decertified , decide , declassified , decried , defied , denied , deride , died , dignified , dioxide , disqualified , dissatisfied , diversified , divide , dockside , downside , dried , dyed , eid , eide , eyed , fireside , flied , fluoride , formaldehyde , fortified , fratricide , fried , fungicide , genocide , germicide , glide , glucoside , glycoside , gratified , gride , guide , guyed , halide , heid , heide , herbicide , hillside , homicide , horrified , hyde , hydride , hydrosulfide , ide , identified , implied , infanticide , insecticide , inside , intensified , iodide , ironside , joyride , justified , lakeside , landslide , lied , liquefied , liquide , lyde , macbride , magnified , malahide , mcbride , mcbryde , misapplied , misguide , misidentified , modified , mollified , monosaccharide , mortified , mountainside , multiplied , nationwide , nonqualified , nucleotide , nullified , occupied , oceanside , ossified , outside , overqualified , override , oversimplified , oversupplied , oxide , pacified , peptide , peroxide , pesticide , pied , plied , polyamide , polysaccharide , pool-side , preoccupied , preside , pride , pried , prophesied , provide , pryde , purified , qualified , ratified , rawhide , reclassified , rectified , relied , replied , reside , reunified , ride , ringside , riverside , roadside , satisfied , scheid , schmied , seaside , seide , shied , side , sighed , signified , silverside , simplified , slide , snide , specified , spied , statewide , stratified , stride , subdivide , subside , suicide , sulfide , sunnyside , superoxide , supplied , syed , telluride , terrified , thalidomide , tide , tied , tried , triglyceride , unclassified , underside , undignified , unidentified , unified , unjustified , unoccupied , unqualified , unratified , unsatisfied , unspecified , untied , untried , unverified , upside , verified , vide , vied , wayside , westside , wide , worldwide , wyden , yuletide