Dictionary Entry
hide
hide is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
- 2transitive verb
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
- 3transitive verb
To remove from danger; to shelter.
- 4intransitive verb
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
- 5noun
An abode or dwelling.
- 6noun
A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
- 7noun
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
- 8noun
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
- 9transitive verb
To flog; to whip.
- 10noun
body covering of a living animal
- 11noun
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Synonyms
- 12verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
"a hidden message"
"a veiled threat"
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- 13verb
cover as if with a shroud
"The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- 14verb
prevent from being seen or discovered
"Muslim women hide their faces"
"hide the money"
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- 15verb
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
"Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"
"She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"
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