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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
Garth Brooks

Meaning of "hide" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIDE

Old English hӯdan; related to Old Frisian hēda, Middle Low German hüden, Greek keuthein.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HIDE

hide  [haɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hide is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hide in English.

WHAT DOES HIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hide in the English dictionary

The first definition of hide in the dictionary is to put or keep in a secret place; conceal from view or discovery. Other definition of hide is to conceal or obscure. Hide is also to keep secret.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HIDE

PRESENT

Present
I hide
you hide
he/she/it hides
we hide
you hide
they hide
Present continuous
I am hiding
you are hiding
he/she/it is hiding
we are hiding
you are hiding
they are hiding
Present perfect
I have hidden
you have hidden
he/she/it has hidden
we have hidden
you have hidden
they have hidden
Present perfect continuous
I have been hiding
you have been hiding
he/she/it has been hiding
we have been hiding
you have been hiding
they have been hiding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hid
you hid
he/she/it hid
we hid
you hid
they hid
Past continuous
I was hiding
you were hiding
he/she/it was hiding
we were hiding
you were hiding
they were hiding
Past perfect
I had hidden
you had hidden
he/she/it had hidden
we had hidden
you had hidden
they had hidden
Past perfect continuous
I had been hiding
you had been hiding
he/she/it had been hiding
we had been hiding
you had been hiding
they had been hiding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hide
you will hide
he/she/it will hide
we will hide
you will hide
they will hide
Future continuous
I will be hiding
you will be hiding
he/she/it will be hiding
we will be hiding
you will be hiding
they will be hiding
Future perfect
I will have hidden
you will have hidden
he/she/it will have hidden
we will have hidden
you will have hidden
they will have hidden
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hiding
you will have been hiding
he/she/it will have been hiding
we will have been hiding
you will have been hiding
they will have been hiding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hide
you would hide
he/she/it would hide
we would hide
you would hide
they would hide
Conditional continuous
I would be hiding
you would be hiding
he/she/it would be hiding
we would be hiding
you would be hiding
they would be hiding
Conditional perfect
I would have hide
you would have hide
he/she/it would have hide
we would have hide
you would have hide
they would have hide
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hiding
you would have been hiding
he/she/it would have been hiding
we would have been hiding
you would have been hiding
they would have been hiding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hide
we let´s hide
you hide
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hide
Past participle
hidden
Present Participle
hiding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIDE


applied
əˈplaɪd
aside
əˈsaɪd
certified
ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪd
classified
ˈklæsɪˌfaɪd
decide
dɪˈsaɪd
guide
ɡaɪd
Hyde
haɪd
I´d
aɪd
identified
aɪˈdentɪˌfaɪd
inside
ˈɪnˈsaɪd
modified
ˈmɒdɪfaɪd
outside
ˌaʊtˈsaɪd
pride
praɪd
provide
prəˈvaɪd
ride
raɪd
side
saɪd
slide
slaɪd
tried
traɪd
wide
waɪd
worldwide
ˈwɜːldˈwaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIDE

hidden agenda
hidden hand
hiddenite
hiddenly
hiddenmost
hiddenness
hidder
hide one´s light under a bushel
hide-and-go-seek
hide-and-seek
hideaway
hidebound
hideless
hideosity
hideous
hideously
hideousness
hideout
hider
hidey-hole

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIDE

abide
Adelaide
aide
alongside
at the outside
bastide
beside
divide
homicide
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nationwide
on one side
on the safe side
on the side
reside
Riverside
suicide
tide
to the wide
vide

Synonyms and antonyms of hide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hide» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hide

Translation of «hide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIDE

Find out the translation of hide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esconder
570 millions of speakers

English

hide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छिपाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُخْفِي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прятать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esconder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লুকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dissimuler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sembunyikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verstecken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隠す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

(...을) 숨기다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhelikake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறைக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लपवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saklamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nascondere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukryć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ховати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a ascunde
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρύβω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gömma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjemme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hide

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIDE»

The term «hide» is very widely used and occupies the 2.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hide» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hide

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «HIDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hide.
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Dianna Agron
There are two types of paparazzi. The ones who hide who get you with your mouth hanging wide open or jumping up and down like an idiot on the street. I much prefer them to the ones who come out and follow you.
2
Clay Aiken
I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.
3
Skylar Astin
I have never read a review for anything I have ever done, be it for theater or movies, just because. I am really good about that. And YouTube comments. People will hide behind that.
4
Berenice Bejo
The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here, you can see everybody wants his break.
5
Terry Bradshaw
You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.
6
Daniel Breaker
As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.
7
Lou Brock
You can't hide God in you. God was not meant to become part of you, and you hide out in the closet. I don't think He wanted that. I think He wanted people to see the Christ in you that reflects Him.
8
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
9
Garth Brooks
I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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Candace Cameron Bure
When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIDE»

Discover the use of hide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hide (Detective D.D. Warren 2)
The second book in the Detective D.D. Warren series from The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner.
Lisa Gardner, 2012
2
Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security
" Others argue that we must sacrifice privacy for security. But as Daniel J. Solove argues in this important book, these arguments and many others are flawed.
Daniel J. Solove, 2011
3
Hide: A Child's View of the Holocaust
Reveals the author's experiences taking refuge from the Nazis beneath a barn, and surviving with the help of barn owners, who had both compassion for her family and fear of a Nazi death sentence if the family was discovered.
Naomi Samson, 2000
4
No Place to Hide
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the less favorable aspects of today's surveillance-based society discusses how the government and private marketing companies are using modern technology to protect homeland security and fight the war on ...
Robert O'Harrow, 2006
5
How to Hide Anything
Learn how to construct dozens of hiding places right in your house and yard. Here are small hiding places for concealing money and jewelry and large places for securing survival supplies or persons.
Michael Connor, 1984
6
Hide and Seek
In the remote mountains of Arizona where he lives with his mother, stepfather, and two sisters, fourteen-year-old Chase discovers two kidnapped boys and gets caught up in a dangerous adventure when he comes up with a plan to get them to ...
Katy Grant, 2012
7
Hide!!!
Children play a game of hide-and-seek. Illustrations contain hidden objects for which the reader may search.
Jeff Foxworthy, 2010
8
Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and ...
This book can help change the way parents and teachers think about why kids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic.
Jerome J. Schultz, 2011
9
Hide, Clyde!
Finding it difficult to get his colors right, Clyde the chameleon is becoming frustrated with himself, but when he stumbles upon a polka-dot sock, Clyde discovers a great hidden talent.
‎2002
10
No Place to Hide Level 3 Lower-intermediate
Then the police find a body in the trunk of a car - Patrick's car. Whose is the body and where is Patrick? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.
Alan Battersby, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hide is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mark Butler: Charity runner cleared of hide and seek abuse | Exeter …
A charity fundraiser has been cleared of abusing two schoolboys during hide and seek games after a jury were told he is a family man who has ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
2
Labour changes rules to hide who votes for which leader and Mayor …
Labour will keep secret how party members, trade unionists and supporters vote in the summer contests for the leadership and the Mayor of ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
3
Tour de France: Chris Froome to undergo physiological testing …
It would be a different story if I had something to hide. I know I'm a clean rider. I know I've worked extremely hard to be in this position. I'm really ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
4
You can run, but you can't hide from good parenting - The Age
You can run, but you can't hide from good parenting. Date: July 15, 2015 - 1:46PM. (29); Comments 15; Read later ... «The Age, Jul 15»
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How to Hide a Blemish - Yahoo
How to Hide a Blemish. It happens to all of us. Out of nowhere. Whether you call it a pimple, a zit, or a blemish, it sometimes just shows up, and ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
6
Video: Some genius has invented boxer shorts that can hide an …
It often sounds like a lame excuse we give to the opposite sex, but all men know that erections sometimes come upon us for no reason whatsoever, usually when ... «JOE, Jul 15»
7
Billy Graham: Don't hide your identity as a Christian on social media …
Don't hide your identity as a Christian. Instead, ask God to use you to touch the lives of some of those you meet on social media for Christ. Yes ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
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Green Ray CMD Caught From Nigeria Hide-out - The New Indian …
Green Ray CMD Caught From Nigeria Hide-out. By Hemant Kumar Rout. Published: 16th July 2015 03:55 AM. Last Updated: 16th July 2015 03:55 AM. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
9
HTML5 Can Be Used to Hide Malware in Drive-by Download Attacks …
Researchers at two Italian universities in Rome and Salerno have identified methods through which malware can be hidden in drive-by ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
10
Hide Your Cat's Hideous Butthole With A Sparkly, Beautiful Jewel …
If you are #blessed enough to live with a cat, you are likely more familiar with its asshole than you are with your own. Your cat's asshole is ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»

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