Definition of hide

• v. t. - To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
• v. t. - To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
• v. t. - To remove from danger; to shelter.
• v. i. - To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
• n. - An abode or dwelling.
• n. - 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.
• n. - The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
• n. - The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
• v. t. - To flog; to whip.