Definitions for the word "hide" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To remove from danger; to shelter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An abode or dwelling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To flog; to whip.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v.
(-ding; past hid; past part. Hidden) 1 put or keep out of sight. 2 conceal oneself. 3 (usu. Foll. By from) keep (a fact) secret. 4 conceal. n. Camouflaged shelter used for observing wildlife. hider n. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
1 animal''s skin, esp. When tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. The human skin, esp. The backside. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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