noun
Meaning 1
The skin of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pelt, skin
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
The skin of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: pelt, skin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The human skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal, metonymically, uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: architecture
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noun
A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: carucate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: conceal, occult, hide away, secrete, veil, disguise, bury
Antonyms: disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover, visiblize, visualize
verb
To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: go undercover, hide away, hide out, lie low, hole up
Antonyms: reveal, show
verb
To beat with a whip made from hide.
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noun
body covering of a living animal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pelt, skin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body covering
noun
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animal skin
Narrower terms: cowhide, goatskin, rawhide
verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: mystify
verb
cover as if with a shroud
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: shroud, enshroud, cover
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
verb
prevent from being seen or discovered
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: conceal
Antonyms: show
Narrower terms: veil, secrete, obstruct, block, cover, bosom, bury, cover up, harbor, harbour, shield, obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist, disguise, mask, sweep under the rug, lurk, skulk
verb
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hide out
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: lie low, stow away, hunker down, hole up, earth
History
From Middle English hyde, from Old English hȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéw(H)tis (“skin, hide”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin, rind, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(H)- (“to cover”), ultimately the same root as the above etymology. More at sky. Cognates See also West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut, Danish hud, Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”).
From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.
From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną (“to hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdh- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611), both hid and hidden are used for the past participle. Cognates Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky.
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