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• hide — vb Hide, conceal, screen, secrete, cache, bury, ensconce are comparable when meaning to withdraw or to withhold from sight or observation. Hide, the general term, and conceal are often interchangeable. But hide may or may not suggest intent {let… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• conceal — early 14c., concelen, from O.Fr. conceler to hide, conceal, dissimulate, from L. concelare to hide, from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com )), + celare to hide, from PIE root *kel to hide (see CELL (Cf. cell …   Etymology dictionary

• conceal — [kən sēl′] vt. [ME concelen < OFr conceler < L concelare, to hide < com , together + celare, to hide < IE base * k̑el, to hide, conceal > HALL, HULL1, Gr kalyptein] 1. to put out of sight; hide 2. to keep from another s knowledge;… …   English World dictionary

• hide — hide1 hidable, adj. hidability, n. hider, n. /huyd/, v., hid, hidden or hid, hiding, n. v.t. 1. to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered: Where did she hide her jewels? …   Universalium

• hide — I [[t]haɪd[/t]] v. hid, hid•den hid, hid•ing, 1) to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered 2) to obstruct the view of; cover up: The sun was hidden by the clouds[/ex] 3) to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret: to… …   From formal English to slang

• hide — {{11}}hide (n.1) skin of a large animal, O.E. hyd hide, skin, from P.Gmc. *hudiz (Cf. O.N. huð, O.Fris. hed, M.Du. huut, Du. huid, O.H.G. hut, Ger. Haut skin ), related to Old English verb hydan to hide, the common notion …   Etymology dictionary

• hide — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hīgid, hīd Date: before 12th century any of various old English units of land area; especially a unit of 120 acres II. verb (hid; hidden or hid; hiding) Etymology: Middle English hiden, f …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Conceal — Con*ceal (k[o^]n*s[=e]l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed} (k[o^]n*s[=e]ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell}, {Helmet}.] To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hide — hide1 [hīd] vt. hid, hidden or hid, hiding [ME hiden < OE hydan < IE * (s)keudh (> Gr keuthein, to hide) < base * (s)keu , to cover > HIDE2, SKY, L cutis, skin] 1. to put or keep out of sight; secrete; conceal …   English World dictionary

• conceal — con·ceal vt 1: to prevent disclosure of or fail to disclose (as a provision in a contract) esp. in violation of a duty to disclose 2 a: to place out of sight ◇ A weapon need only be placed out of ordinary observation in order to be considered a… …   Law dictionary

• Hide — (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Hid} (h[i^]d); p. p. {Hidden} (h[i^]d d n), {Hid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiding} (h[imac]d [i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to Gr. key qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English