to hide
- verb
- /haɪd/
- He tried to hide the gift in his closet so she wouldn't find it.
- try to hide
- hide the truth
- hide the body
That's me sort of trying to hide my new found belly.
- That's me sort of trying to hide my new found belly.
- Yeah, but you can't hide this in type theory.
- Shame tends to lead most people to hide and hold back from the world.
- We're just going to huddle and hide and not live our lives.
- So they're, they're trying to hide how bad it really is.
- But he used her name to hide money and not pay taxes.
- Well, he's trying to hide it, yes.
- It's getting harder to hide if you're doing bad stuff.
Examples
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You can run, Emma, but you can't hide!
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How are you going to hide people from that man?
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It's kind of hard to hide, hard to hide that.
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OK, Double so you can hide extra well.
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The captain did not want to hide what he was doing.
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What are you trying to hide?
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Shame tends to lead most people to hide and hold back from the world.
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We're just going to huddle and hide and not live our lives.
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If there's nothing to hide, let him speak.
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So they're, they're trying to hide how bad it really is.
Synonyms
To put something over another thing to protect or hide it
To hide something so people cannot see or find out about it
To hide something so others cannot see or find it
To cover something completely so it cannot be seen
To change how someone or something looks to hide who they are
To cover part of something to hide or protect it
Make something hard to see or understand
To not tell anyone private information
To cover something so it is hard to see or understand
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it
To cover completely so it cannot be seen, often by water or strong feeling
Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it
To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it
Hide something carefully where others cannot find it
To hide your true feelings or plans with a false expression
Antonyms
Idioms
To keep your talents or good work hidden instead of showing them to others
Phrasal Verbs
To try not to show that you are very happy in front of other people
Compounds
A children's game where one child closes their eyes, counts, then finds the others
A children's game where one person counts with eyes closed and finds hidden players
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hide (verb) comes from an old word meaning 'to cover' or 'to keep out of sight', so to hide something is to put it where others cannot see or find it.