Definition of hide

"hide" in the noun sense

1. hide, fell

the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

2. hide, pelt, skin

body covering of a living animal

"hide" in the verb sense

1. hide, conceal

prevent from being seen or discovered

"hide the money"

2. hide, hide out

be or go into hiding keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

"Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"

"She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"

3. shroud, enshroud, hide, cover

cover as if with a shroud

"The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"

4. obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

"a hidden message"

"a veiled threat"

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Quotations for hide

Cats hide their claws. [ Proverb ]

They that hide can find. [ Proverb ]

He that steals can hide. [ Proverb ]

You cannot hide any secret. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

At whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. [ Milton ]

Hide their diminished heads. [ Milton ]

Love and light will not hide. [ Proverb ]

Gather gear by every wile
That's justified by honor;
Not for to hide it in a hedge,
Nor for a train attendant;
But for the glorious privilege
Of being independent. [ Burns ]

Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me. [ Pope ]

You cannot hide an eel in a sack. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Love and poverty are hard to hide. [ Proverb ]

A fair face may hide a foul heart. [ Proverb ]

Within the oyster's shell uncouth
The purest pearl may hide,
Trust me you'll find a heart of truth
Within that rough outside. [ Mrs. Osgood ]

To throw the stone and hide the hand. [ Proverb ]

To hide true worth from public view,
Is burying diamonds in their mine,
All is not gold that shines, 'tis true;
But all that is gold ought to shine. [ Bishop ]

No fine clothes can hide the fool or clown. [ Proverb ]

You cut large thongs out of another's hide. [ Proverb ]

Make clean thy conscience; hide thee there. [ Quarles ]

Fine clothes oftentimes hide a base descent. [ Proverb ]

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards! [ Duke of Wellington ]

Ah! that deceit should steal such gentle shapes
And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice. [ William Shakespeare, Richard III ]

As kind as a kite; all you cannot eat you hide. [ Proverb ]

Thus, day by day, and month by month, we passed;
It pleased the Lord to take my spouse at last.
I tore my gown, I soiled my locks with dust.
And beat my breasts - as wretched widows must:
Before my face my handkerchief I spread,
To hide the flood of tears I did - not shed. [ Pope ]

False face must hide what the false heart doth know. [ William Shakespeare ]

You hide yourself in a net and think nobody sees you. [ Proverb ]

Trust not the treason of those smiling looks.
Until ye have their guileful trains well tried;
For they are like but unto golden hooks.
That from the foolish fish their baits do hide:
So she with flattering smiles weak hearts doth guide
Unto her love, and tempt to their decay;
Whom, being caught, she kills with cruel pride,
And feeds at pleasure on the wretched prey. [ Spenser ]

Oh, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side! [ William Shakespeare ]

How many coward passions hide themselves under the mask of puritanism! [ Mme. Louise Colet ]

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. [ Alexander Smith ]

He who can conceal his joys is greater than he who can hide his griefs. [ Lavater ]

There are no greater prudes than those women who have some secret to hide. [ George Sand ]

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; robes and furred gowns hide all. [ William Shakespeare ]

There are few circumstances in which it is not best either to hide all or to tell all. [ La Bruyère ]

There are no more thorough prudes than those women who have some little secret to hide. [ George Sand ]

Dress deceives us: jewels and gold hide everything: the girl herself is the least part of herself. [ Ovid ]

A thin aerial veil is drawn over beauty's face, seeming to hide, more sweetly shows the blushing bride. [ Crashaw ]

The burning of a little straw may hide the stars of the sky; but the stars are there, and will reappear. [ Carlyle ]

Hypocrites are wicked: they hide their defects with so much care, that their hearts are poisoned by them. [ Marguerite de Valais ]

A lover who is no longer loved is still good for something: he serves to hide the one who has replaced him.

Sympathetic people are often uncommunicative about themselves; they give back reflected images which hide their own depths. [ George Eliot ]

Dost thou now fall over to my foes? Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs. [ William Shakespeare ]

Wrong is wrong; no fallacy can hide it, no subterfuge cover it so shrewdly but that the All- Seeing One will discover and punish it. [ Rivarol ]

Some men are counted wise from the cunning manner in which they hide their ignorance. In what little they do know such men play the pedant. [ A. Ricard ]

Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves. [ George Eliot ]

Superstition is passing away without return. Religion cannot pass away. The burning of a little straw may hide the stars in the sky; but the stars are there, and will re-appear. [ Carlyle ]

Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience, on which all science swims as a mere superficial film. [ Carlyle ]

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear: robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw doth pierce it. [ William Shakespeare ]

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner time; keep back the tears, and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, Oh, nothing! Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts, not to hurt others. [ George Eliot ]

hide in Scrabble®

The word hide is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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hide in Words With Friends™

The word hide is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of hide

2 letter words in hide (4 words)

3 letter words in hide (3 words)

4 letter words in hide (1 word)

hide + 1 blank (8 words)

Word Growth involving hide

Shorter words in hide

hi hid

id hid

id ide

Longer words containing hide

chide chided unchided

chide chides rachides

chide orchidectomies

chide orchidectomy

cowhide cowhides

hideaway hideaways

hidebound

hideous hideously

hideous hideousness

hideout hideouts

hider hiders

hides chides rachides

hides cowhides

hides horsehides

hides methides

hides oxhides

hides rehides

hides sulphides bisulphides

hides sulphides disulphides

hides sulphides hydrosulphides

hides sulphides oxysulphides

hides sulphides pentasulphides

hides sulphides persulphides

hides sulphides polysulphides

hides sulphides sesquisulphides

hides sulphides subsulphides

hides sulphides trisulphides

horsehide horsehides

oxhide oxhides

phosphide

rawhide

rehide rehides

sulphide bisulphide bisulphides

sulphide disulphide disulphides

sulphide hydrosulphide hydrosulphides

sulphide oxysulphide oxysulphides

sulphide pentasulphide pentasulphides

sulphide persulphide persulphides

sulphide polysulphide polysulphides

sulphide sesquisulphide sesquisulphides

sulphide subsulphide subsulphides

sulphide sulphides bisulphides

sulphide sulphides disulphides

sulphide sulphides hydrosulphides

sulphide sulphides oxysulphides

sulphide sulphides pentasulphides

sulphide sulphides persulphides

sulphide sulphides polysulphides

sulphide sulphides sesquisulphides

sulphide sulphides subsulphides

sulphide sulphides trisulphides

sulphide trisulphide trisulphides