Definition of Hide

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Definition of Hide

Hide

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

To remove from danger; to shelter.

To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

An abode or dwelling.

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.

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

The human skin; -- so called in contempt.

To flog; to whip.

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Hide Quotations

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Benjamin Franklin

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Norman Vincent Peale

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
William Shakespeare

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!
William Shakespeare

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'
Joan Crawford

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.
Rodney Dangerfield

Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.
Michael Jackson

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Voltaire

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hide Translations

hide in Danish is skind, skjule sig, skjule
hide in Dutch is vel, huid, dierevel, vacht, pels
hide in Finnish is piilottaa, talja
hide in French is planquer, peau, fourrure, cacher
hide in German is verheimlichen, verheimliche, verstecken
hide in Italian is nascondere, nascosi
hide in Latin is tergum, tego texi tectum, tergus, abdo, velius
hide in Norwegian is hud, gjemme, skinn, skjule
hide in Spanish is piel, esconderse, ocultar, esconder

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