transitive verb
intransitive verb
hide
Verb (1)
Noun (1)
Verb (2)
hide, conceal, screen, secrete, bury mean to withhold or withdraw from sight.
hide may or may not suggest intent.
conceal usually does imply intent and often specifically implies a refusal to divulge.
screen implies an interposing of something that prevents discovery.
secrete suggests a depositing in a place unknown to others.
bury implies covering up so as to hide completely.
Middle English hiden, from Old English hȳdan; akin to Greek keuthein to conceal
Noun (1) and Verb (2)
Middle English, from Old English hȳd; akin to Old High German hūt hide, Latin cutis skin, Greek kytos hollow vessel
Noun (3)
Middle English, from Old English hīgid, hīd
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
circa 1825, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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