1. To put or keep out of sight; secrete. 2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal: tried to hide the facts.3. To cut off from sight; cover up: Clouds hid the stars.4. To avert (one's gaze), especially in shame or grief.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To keep oneself out of sight. 2. To seek refuge.
PHRASAL VERB:
hide out To be in hiding, as from a pursuer: The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English hiden, from Old English hdan. See (s)keu- in Appendix I.
SYNONYMS:
hide1, conceal, secrete2, cache, screen, bury, cloak These verbs mean to keep from the sight or knowledge of others. Hide and conceal are the most general and are often used interchangeably: I used a throw rug to hide (or conceal) the stain on the carpet. I smiled to hide (or conceal) my hurt feelings.Secrete and cache involve concealment in a place unknown to others; cache often implies storage for later use: The lioness secreted her cubs in the tall grass. The mountain climbers cached their provisions in a cave. To screen is to shield or block from the view of others: Tall shrubs screen the actor's home from the curious.Bury implies covering over: The pirates buried the treasure. The author buried the point of the article in a mass of details. To cloak is to conceal something by masking or disguising it: “On previously cloaked issues, the Soviets have suddenly become forthcoming” (John McLaughlin).See also synonyms at block.
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dan. See (s)keu- in Appendix I.
