Definitions for hid

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hid hid

Spelling: [hid]

IPA: /hɪd/

Hid is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in hid (dhi).

Definitions for hid

noun

1. British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
2. the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
3. Informal. the skin of a human being: safety or welfare:
4. Australia and New Zealand Informal. impertinence; impudence.

verb

1. simple past tense and a past participle of hide1 .

Idioms

1. hide nor hair, a trace or evidence, as of something missing: Also, hide or hair.

Verb phrases

1. hide out, to go into or remain in hiding:

verb (used with object)

1. to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered:
2. to obstruct the view of; cover up:
3. to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret:
4. Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
5. to protect (a rope, as a boltrope of a sail) with a covering of leather.

verb (used without object)

1. to conceal oneself; lie concealed:

Origin of hid

before 900; Middle English hiden, Old English hȳdan; cognate with Old Frisian hūda, Greek keúthein to conceal

Examples for hid

And then, amid his lore of wretchedness he hid his face and wept.

So, I took the keys out of the ignition and hid them under my passenger seat.

I hid not my light under a bushel, she would say that for me.

The villagers left their homes and hid in the forests for about a year.

Julio Cardenas, 25 and an MC from the group RCA, was older but with a youthful smile that hid the harsher sides of Cuban life.

She hid her face on his breast against his tickly coat, and cried.

This moralistic regime demonized gays while it hid true monsters.

Perhaps he thought of Rahab who hid the spies, and received a commendation for it.

And throwing himself on the grass, he hid his face against the dog and sobbed.

Byrne invented a deceased husband named William K. Richard and hid herself from census takers.