hide

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīd, IPA ^(key): /haɪd/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Verb

Plain form hide

Third-person singular hides

Past tense hid

Past participle hidden

Present participle hiding

1. (transitive & intransitive) 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. (transitive & intransitive) 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.