hideverb
uk/haɪd/us/haɪd/hid, hiddenB1 [ I or T ] to put something or someone in a place where that thing or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found:
[ T ] to prevent something from being seen:
B1 [ T ] to not show an emotion:
B1 [ T ] If you hide information from someone, you do not allow that person to know it:
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- I dye my hair to hide my grey streaks.
- The cat was hiding under the sofa.
- The dog was digging a hole to hide its bone in.
- Jaime hid the letter beneath a pile of papers.
- A line of trees at the bottom of the garden hid the ugly factory walls.
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- drown
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- tuck
- veil
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Phrasal verb(s)
hidenoun
uk/haɪd/us/haɪd/hide noun (SKIN)
[ C or U ] the strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather
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Tanning & leather
- buckskin
- calfskin
- chamois
- cowhide
- dubbin
- goatskin
- kid
- lambskin
- leather
- leatherette
- patent
- patent leather
- pigskin
- shammy
- suede
- tan
- tanner
- tannery
- tooled
- vellum
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hide noun (FOR WATCHING BIRDS/ANIMALS)
[ C ] UK US blind a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them
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Zoology: ornithology & bird-watching
- aerie
- birdsong
- birdwatching
- eggshell
- flightless
- flyer
- hover
- incubate
- incubator
- ornithologist
- ornithology
- twitcher