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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English hȳdan (a weak verb; strong endings in modern English come by analogy with ride etc.).
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to hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden)
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- He hides his magazines under the bed.
- The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
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- reveal oneself, show oneself
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[edit] Etymology 2
Old English hȳd, from Proto-Germanic *hūđiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kūtis. Cognate with Dutch huid, German Haut; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος.
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hide (plural hides)
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.
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skin of an animal
land measure
