hide

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīd
• IPA: /haɪd/
• SAMPA: /haId/

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Verb

Plain form hide

Third person singular hides

Simple past hid

Past participle hidden

Present participle hiding

(transitive & intransitive)

1. When you hide something, you put it where others will not find it.

   I hide candy to keep it from my brother.

   He hid the money under a rock so no one would steal it.

2. When you hide, you go where others will not find you.

   When my father is angry, I hide under the bed.

Noun

Singular hide

Plural hides

1. (countable) The skin of an animal is its hide.

   Many cloths are made from the hide of a cow.