Verb

Infinitive to hide

Third person singular hides

Simple past hid

Past participle hidden

Present participle hiding

to hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden)

1. (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.

2. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Synonyms

• (transitive): conceal, hide away, secrete
• (intransitive): go undercover, hide away, hide oneself, hide out, lie low

Antonyms

• (transitive): disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover
• (intransitive): reveal oneself, show oneself

Derived terms

• hide and seek / hide-and-seek
• hideaway
• hideout
• hide one's light under a bushel

• hider
• one can run but one can't hide

To hide something is to conceal it.

Hide may also refer to:

• Hide (musician), a Japanese musician
• Hides or rawhide, the skin of animals
• Hide, credited pseudonym of Yoshimi, guitarist of Funta
• Hide (unit), the traditional unit of land area outside the Danelaw, in early medieval England
• Bird hide, a structure built to enable birdwatchers to observe birds without causing disturbance
• Hide (song), a song by the band Creed
• "Hide", a song by Dinosaur Jr. from their 1993 album Where You Been
• Hide (Joy Williams Single), a hit song from Christian singer Joy Williams' album Genesis
• The Hide, a 2008 film