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hide
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ verb ] prevent from being seen or discovered
Synonyms Examples "Muslim women hide their faces" "hide the money" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)A bullet fired by one of the Mexicans hiding in a little chicken house had passed_through his head , tearing a hole two inches square on the outgoing side . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)The heavy branches in his front_yard would hide and then reveal them . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Between the ponderous hulk and himself , in the valley over which Papa-san reigned , men had hidden high_explosives , booby_traps , and mines . The others likewise had hidden themselves in the grass and the brush . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He heard the words : `` Rock_of_Ages , cleft for me , Let me hide myself in Thee ! |
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[ verb ] be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
Synonyms Examples : "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding" "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana" Used in print (Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)Though they saw the old-style chemical rockets lift_up from the field beyond B ' dikkat 's cabin , they did not make plans to hide among the frozen crop of transmuted flesh . |
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[ noun ] the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Synonyms Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)I heard o ' Texas cattlemen wrappin ' a cow thief up in green hides and lettin ' the sun shrink ' em and squeeze him to death . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) body covering of a living animal
Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Measurements of skins are of little value ; every snake hide is noticeably longer than its carcass and intentional stretching presents no difficulty to the unscrupulous explorer . Related terms |
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[ verb ] go into hiding or conceal oneself
Examples "Where is your little brother hiding?" Related terms |
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[ verb ] make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Synonyms Examples "a hidden message" "a veiled threat" Related terms |
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