# hide
## English
### Alternative forms

* hyde (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* enPR: hīd, IPA: /haɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪd

### Etymology 1

From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611), both hid and hidden are used for the past participle.
Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky.

#### Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden or (archaic) hid)
* (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
    Synonyms: conceal, occult, hide away, secrete, veil
    Antonyms: disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover, visiblize, visualize
    He hides his magazines under the bed.
    The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.
** 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town hid himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him.
** 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
* (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
    Synonyms: go undercover, hide away, hide out, lie low, hole up
    Antonyms: reveal, show
** 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
** 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder (lyrics and music), “I Know Places (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version)‎, performed by Taylor Swift, published 2023 October 27:Baby, I know places we won't be found, and They'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down 'Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places

##### Derived terms

* hide-a-bed
* hide-all
* hide-and-die syndrome
* hide-and-go-seek
* hide and go seek
* hide and seek, hide-and-seek
* hideaway
* hide behind
* hide-hole
* hide in plain sight
* hide in the closet
* hide nor hair
* hide one's light under a bushel
* hide-out
* hideout, hide out
* hider
* hide-rope
* hide the ball
* hide the salami
* hide the sausage
* one can run but one can't hide

##### Translations

Albanian: fsheh (sq)
Arabic: أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā), خَبَأَ (ḵabaʔa)
Egyptian Arabic: خفى (ḵaffa), خبى (ḵabba)
Moroccan Arabic: خبى (ḵabba), خبع (ḵabbaʕ), درق (darraq)
South Levantine Arabic: خبى (ḵabba)
Aragonese: amagar
Armenian: թաքցնել (hy) (tʻakʻcʻnel)
Aromanian: ascundu, acoapir
Assamese: লুকা (luka), লুকুৱা (lukua)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܫܹܐ (ṭašē)
Asturian: esconder, ancultar, desapaecer, anubrir
Azerbaijani: gizləmək, gizlətmək (az), danmaq
Bashkir: йәшереү (yəşerew)
Basque: ezkutatu
Belarusian: хава́ць impf (xavácʹ), схава́ць pf (sxavácʹ), скрыва́ць impf (skryvácʹ), скры́ць pf (skrýcʹ), уто́йваць impf (utójvacʹ), таі́ць impf (taícʹ), утаі́ць pf (utaícʹ)
Bengali: লুকানো (bn) (lukanō)
Bulgarian: кри́я (bg) impf (kríja), скрива́м (bg) impf (skrivám), скри́я pf (skríja)
Burmese: ဝှက် (my) (hwak), ပုန်း (my) (pun:), လျှို (my) (hlyui), ကွယ် (my) (kwai)
Catalan: amagar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 收埋 (sau$^1$ maai$^4$)
Hokkien: 囥 (zh-min-nan), 藏 (zh-min-nan)
Mandarin: 藏 (zh) (cáng), 韞 / 韫 (zh) (yùn) (literary)
Czech: schovávat (cs) impf, schovat (cs) pf, skrývat (cs) impf, skrýt (cs) pf, ukrývat impf, ukrýt (cs) pf
Dalmatian: ascondro
Danish: gemme (da), skjule (da)
Dutch: versteken (nl), verstoppen (nl), wegstoppen (nl), verbergen (nl)
Egyptian: (jmn)
Esperanto: kaŝi
Estonian: peitma, varjama
Faroese: fjala
Finnish: piilottaa (fi), kätkeä (fi); jemmata (fi) (colloquial)
French: cacher (fr), dissimuler (fr), masquer (fr)
Friulian: platâ, rimplatâ, scuindi
Galician: agochar (gl), enceleirar (gl), alapar, acoubar, deservar, socobar, acouchar, cachar, esconder (gl)
Georgian: დამალვა (damalva), მალვა (malva), დაფარვა (daparva)
German: verbergen (de), verdecken (de), verheimlichen (de), verstecken (de), unsichtbar machen
Greek: κρύβω (el) (krývo)
Ancient: κρύπτω (krúptō), (Epic) κεύθω (keúthō)
Hebrew: הִסְתִּיר (he) (histír), הֶחְבִּיא (hebikh), העלים (he'elím), חָבָא (he) (ḥabbá) (reflexive, passive participles only)
Hindi: छिपान (chipān), छुपाना (hi) (chupānā), छिपाना (hi) (chipānā), लुकाना (hi) (lukānā)
Hungarian: rejt (hu), elrejt (hu) (something and someone), elbújtat (hu) (somebody), dug (hu), eldug (hu) (something; informal)
Icelandic: fela (is)
Ido: celar (io)
Indonesian: menyembunyikan (id), sembunyi (id)
Irish: cuir i bhfolach, folaigh, ceil
Italian: nascondere (it)
Japanese: 隠す (ja) (kakusu), 隠匿する (ja) (intoku suru)
Khmer: លាក់ (km) (lĕək), បាំង (km) (bang)
Korean: 숨기다 (ko) (sumgida), 감추다 (ko) (gamchuda), 가리다 (ko) (garida)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شاردنەوە (şardnewe)
Northern Kurdish: veşartin (ku)
Latgalian: globuot
Latin: cēlō, occulō, abscondō
Latvian: slēpt (lv)
Lithuanian: slėpti
Lombard: scónd
Low German:
German Low German: versteken, verstoppen
Luxembourgish: verstoppen
Macedonian: крие impf (krie), сокрие pf (sokrie)
Malay: menyembunyikan
Malayalam: മറയ്ക്കുക (ml) (maṟaykkuka), ഒളിപ്പിക്കുക (oḷippikkuka)
Maltese: ħeba
Manchu: ᡩᠠᠯᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (daldambi)
Maori: whakangaro, huna
Mizo: thup
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нуух (mn) (nuux), далдлах (mn) (daldlax)
Neapolitan: nasconne
Ngazidja Comorian: utsatsaza
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjemme (no), gjømme
Nynorsk: gøyme
Occitan: amagar (oc), escondre (oc)
Odia: ଲୁଚିବା (or) (lucibā)
Old English: hȳdan, helan
Old Javanese: wuni
Pela: faʔ⁵⁵, ŋja̠m³⁵
Persian: پنهان کردن (fa) (panhân kardan), نهفتن (fa) (nahoftan)
Polish: chować (pl) impf, schować (pl) pf, ukrywać (pl) impf, ukryć (pl) pf, skrywać (pl) impf, skryć (pl) pf
Portuguese: esconder (pt)
Punjabi: ਲੁੱਕ (lukka), لُکاݨا (lukāṇā)
Quechua: pakay (qu)
Romanian: ascunde (ro)
Romansch: zuppar, zuppentar
Russian: пря́тать (ru) impf (prjátatʹ), спря́тать (ru) pf (sprjátatʹ), скрыва́ть (ru) impf (skryvátʹ), скрыть (ru) pf (skrytʹ), ута́ивать (ru) impf (utáivatʹ), таи́ть (ru) impf (taítʹ), утаи́ть (ru) pf (utaítʹ), копи́ть (ru) impf (kopítʹ), накопи́ть (ru) pf (nakopítʹ) (feelings, knowledge, etc.)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: пе̄ҋҋтэ (piej̥j̥te)
Samogitian: kavuotė
Sanskrit: गूहति (gūhati)
Scots: hod
Scottish Gaelic: falaich, ceil
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кри̏ти impf, са̀крити pf
Roman: krȉti (sh) impf, sàkriti (sh) pf
Sherpa: ཡིབ (yib)
Sicilian: ammucciari (scn)
Slovak: schovávať impf, schovať pf, skrývať impf, skryť pf
Slovene: skrivati impf, skriti (sl) pf
Somali: qarin
Southern Altai: јажырар (ǰažïrar)
Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es), disimular (es), absconder (es) (disused), asconder (es)
Swedish: gömma (sv), dölja (sv)
Tagalog: itago
Tajik: пинҳон кардан (pinhon kardan), руст кардан (rust kardan)
Tamil: மறை (ta) (maṟai), ஒளி (ta) (oḷi)
Telugu: దాచు (te) (dācu)
Tetum: heli, subar
Thai: ปิดบัง (th) (bpìt-bang), ปกปิด (th) (bpòk-bpìt), ซ่อน (th) (sɔ̂ɔn), บัง (th) (bang), เก็บงำ (th) (gèp-ngam)
Tibetan: གབ (gab), ཡིབ (yib)
Tocharian B: (causative voice) tuk-
Tok Pisin: karamapim
Turkish: saklamak (tr), gizlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: хова́ти (uk) impf (xováty), схова́ти (uk) pf (sxováty), ута́ювати impf (utájuvaty), таї́ти impf (tajíty), утаї́ти pf (utajíty)
Urdu: چھپانا (chupānā)
Uzbek: yashirmoq (uz)
Venetan: scóndare
Vietnamese: giấu (vi)
Welsh: cuddio (cy)
Yiddish: באַהאַלטן (bahaltn), פֿאַרשטעלן (farshteln), אויסבאַהאַלטן (oysbahaltn) :
Albanian: fshihem (sq)
Arabic: اِخْتَبَأَ (ar) (iḵtabaʔa)
Egyptian Arabic: استخبى (estaḵabā), اختفى (eḵtafā)
Armenian: թաքնվել (hy) (tʻakʻnvel)
Assamese: লুকা (luka)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܫܹܐ (ṭāšē)
Azerbaijani: gizlənmək (az)
Bashkir: йәшенеү (yəşenew)
Basque: ezkutatu
Belarusian: хава́цца impf (xavácca), схава́цца pf (sxavácca), скрыва́цца impf (skryvácca), скры́цца pf (skrýcca)
Bengali: লুকানো (bn) (lukanō)
Bhojpuri: लुकाईल (lukāīl)
Bulgarian: кри́я се (bg) impf (kríja se), скрива́м се (bg) impf (skrivám se)
Catalan: amagar-se (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏗᏍᎦᎳᏍᎦ (adisgalasga)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 匿 (nei$^1$), 匿埋 (nei$^1$ maai$^4$)
Hokkien: 覕 / 𰴕 (zh-min-nan)
Mandarin: 躲藏 (zh) (duǒcáng), 隱藏 / 隐藏 (zh) (yǐncáng), 躲 (zh) (duǒ)
Teochew: 踮 (diam$^3$), 覕 / 𰴕 (bhih$^4$)
Czech: schovávat se (cs) impf, schovat se (cs) pf, skrývat se (cs) impf, skrýt se (cs) pf
Danish: gemme sig (da)
Dutch: zich verbergen (nl), zich verstoppen (nl), zich wegstoppen (nl)
Egyptian: (jmn), (dḫ), (dgj)
Esperanto: kaŝiĝi
Finnish: piiloutua (fi), kätkeytyä (fi)
French: se cacher (fr)
Galician: crequenarse, entouzarse, acuruxarse, latitar, aniñarse, apandar, agocharse
Georgian: დამალვა (damalva), მალვა (malva)
German: sich verbergen (de), sich verstecken (de), sich unsichtbar machen
Greek: κρύβομαι (el) (krývomai)
Ancient: κρύπτομαι (krúptomai), (Epic) κεύθομαι (keúthomai)
Guaraní: kañy
Hebrew: הִתְחַבֵּא (hitkhabé)
Hindi: छिपना (hi) (chipnā), लुकना (hi) (luknā), छुपना (hi) (chupnā)
Hungarian: elbújik (hu), bújik (hu), rejtőzik (hu), rejtőzködik (hu), meghúzódik (hu), meghúzza magát (hu)
Ido: celar su (io)
Indonesian: bersembunyi (id)
Ingrian: peittiissä
Irish: téigh i bhfolach
Italian: nascondersi (it)
Japanese: 隠れる (ja) (kakureru)
Khmer: ប្របាំង (prɑbang), ពួន (km) (puən)
Korean: 숨다 (ko) (sumda)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xwe veşartin (ku)
Latin: lateō, oblitescō
Latvian: slēpties
Lingala: kobatama
Lithuanian: slėptis
Macedonian: се крие impf (se krie), се сокрие pf (se sokrie)
Malay: bersembunyi
Malayalam: മറയുക (ml) (maṟayuka), ഒളിക്കുക (ml) (oḷikkuka)
Manchu: ᡩᠠᠯᡩᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (daldabumbi)
Maori: whakamoke, whakapupuni
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Ngazidja Comorian: utsatsaya
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjemme seg (no)
Old English: hȳdan, helan
Pela: faʔ⁵⁵, ŋja̠m³⁵, køʔ³¹
Polish: chować się (pl) impf, schować się (pl) pf, skrywać się (pl) impf, skryć się (pl) pf
Portuguese: esconder-se (pt)
Punjabi: لُکݨا (lukṇā)
Romanian: ascunde (ro)
Russian: пря́таться (ru) impf (prjátatʹsja), спря́таться (ru) pf (sprjátatʹsja), скрыва́ться (ru) impf (skryvátʹsja), скры́ться (ru) pf (skrýtʹsja)
Samogitian: kavuotėis
Scottish Gaelic: falaich, ceil
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: крити се impf, сакрити се pf
Roman: kriti se (sh) impf, sakriti se (sh) pf
Sicilian: ammucciarisi (scn)
Slovak: schovávať sa impf, schovať sa pf, skrývať sa impf, skryť sa pf
Slovene: skrivati se impf, skriti se (sl) pf
Spanish: esconderse (es), absconderse (disused), asconderse (es)
Swahili: kujificha
Swedish: gömma sig (sv)
Tagalog: magtago
Tamil: மறை (ta) (maṟai), ஒளி (ta) (oḷi)
Telugu: దాక్కొను (dākkonu)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: tuk-
Turkish: saklanmak (tr), gizlenmek (tr)
Ukrainian: хова́тися impf (xovátysja), схова́тися pf (sxovátysja), хорони́тися impf (xoronýtysja), схороня́тися impf (sxoronjátysja), схорони́тися pf (sxoronýtysja)
Vietnamese: nấp (vi), núp (vi), náu (vi), trốn (vi)
Welsh: cuddio (cy)
Yiddish: באַהאַלטן זיך (bahaltn zikh) :
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### Etymology 2

From Middle English hyde, from Old English hȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéw(H)tis (“skin, hide”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin, rind, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(H)- (“to cover”), ultimately the same root as the above etymology. More at sky.
See also West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut, Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”).

#### Noun

hide (plural hides)
* (countable) The skin of an animal.
    Synonyms: pelt, skin
* (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
** c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!
* (metonymically, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
    Coordinate term: ass (see ass § Usage notes)
    to save his own hide
    better watch his hide
** 1957, Ayn Rand, Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged:
    The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as I think he will.
* (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
* (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
** 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 125:In the early days of American settlement, hides were built into houses to provide protection from the Indians and to conceal merchandise from the threat of taxation or thievery.
* (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.

##### Derived terms

* bird hide
* bring one's own hide to market
* carry one's own hide to market
* chap someone's hide
* cowhide
* damn your hide
* have someone's hide
* hide beetle
* hide-bound
* hoghide
* rawhide
* take one's own hide to market
* tan someone's hide

##### Translations

Albanian: shtrosë f
Apache:
Western Apache: ikał
Arabic: جِلْد m (jild)
Armenian: մորթի (hy) (mortʻi), կաշի (hy) (kaši)
Azerbaijani: dəri (az)
Bashkir: тире (tire)
Belarusian: ску́ра f (skúra)
Bulgarian: ко́жа (bg) f (kóža)
Burmese: သားရေ (my) (sa:re)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皮 (zh) (pí), 皮革 (zh) (pígé), 獸皮 / 兽皮 (zh) (shòupí), 毛皮 (zh) (máopí) (fur, pelt)
Chipewyan: ʔedhë́th
Classical Nahuatl: mazāēhuatl
Czech: useň (cs) f, kůže (cs) f
Danish: skind (da) n, hud (da) c
Dutch: huid (nl) f, vel (nl) n, vacht (nl) f, leer (nl) n
Egyptian: (jnm m), (mskꜣ)
Esperanto: felo (eo)
Estonian: nahk (et)
Finnish: vuota (fi), talja (fi), nahka (fi)
French: cuir (fr) m, peau (fr) f
Galician: pelello (gl) m, pelica f, coiro (gl) m
Georgian: ტყავი (ka) (ṭq̇avi)
German: Haut (de) f, Fell (de) n, Leder (de) n
Greek: δέρμα (el) n (dérma)
Ancient: φορίνη f (phorínē), στέρφος n (stérphos), δέρας n (déras) (Epic)
Hän: ë̀dhä̀
Hindi: चर्म (hi) m (carm)
Hungarian: irha (hu), bőr (hu), gerezna (hu)
Irish: seithe f, leathar m
Italian: pelle (it) f
Japanese: 革 (ja) (かわ, kawa), 皮革 (ja) (ひかく, hikaku)
Kazakh: тері (terı)
Khmer: ស្បែក (km) (sbaek)
Korean: 가죽 (ko) (gajuk), 피혁(皮革) (ko) (pihyeok)
Kyrgyz: тери (ky) (teri)
Lao: ຫນັງ (nang)
Latin: pellis f, corium n
Latvian: āda (lv) f
Lithuanian: oda (lt) f
Macedonian: кожа (mk) f (koža)
Malay: kulit (ms)
Malayalam: തോൽ (ml) (tōl)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: арьс (mn) (arʹs)
Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠠᠰᠤ (arasu)
Northern Tutchone: edhó
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skinn (no) n, dyrehud m or f
Nynorsk: skinn n, dyrehud f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: кожа f (koža), скора f (skora)
Old East Slavic: кожа f (koža), скора f (skora)
Old English: hȳd f
Ottoman Turkish: سلخ (selh)
Persian: چرم (fa) (čarm), جلد (fa) (jeld) (archaic)
Plautdietsch: Hut f
Polish: skóra (pl) f
Portuguese: pele (pt) f, couro (pt)
Quechua: qara
Romanian: blană (ro) f, piele (ro) f
Russian: шку́ра (ru) f (škúra), ко́жа (ru) f (kóža)
Scottish Gaelic: craiceann m, seiche f
Serbo-Croatian: krzno (sh)
Cyrillic: ко̏жа f
Roman: kȍža (sh) f
Slovak: useň f, koža (sk) f
Slovene: koža (sl) f
Southern Tutchone: adhǜ
Spanish: piel (es) f, cuero (es) m
Swedish: hud (sv) c, skinn (sv) n
Tagalog: panit
Tajik: чарм (čarm), ҷилд (tg) (jild)
Tarifit: tirmešt f
Tatar: күн (tt) (kün), тире (tt) (tire)
Telugu: తోలు (te) (tōlu)
Thai: หนัง (th) (nǎng)
Tocharian B: ewe
Turkish: deri (tr)
Turkmen: deri
Ukrainian: шкі́ра f (škíra)
Urdu: چَرْم m (carm)
Uyghur: تېرە (tëre)
Uzbek: teri (uz), charm (uz)
Vietnamese: da (vi), bộ da, bộ bì
Yiddish: הויט f (hoyt)
Zulu: isikhumba (zu) class 7/8 :

#### Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past and past participle hided)
* To beat with a whip made from hide.
** 1891, Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, Riding:He ran last week, and he was hided, and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.

### Etymology 3

From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.

#### Noun

hide (plural hides)
* (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. [from 9th c.]
    Synonym: carucate
** 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 488:The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.

##### Usage notes

The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed (in England) to the Saxon and Norman kings, and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year.

##### Hypernyms

* (100 hides) barony

##### Hyponyms

* ($^1$⁄$_4$ hide) See virgate
* ($^1$⁄$_8$ hide) See oxgang
* ($^1$⁄$_{16}$ hide) nook
* farundel

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* Heid, Ihde, hied

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* ide

### Etymology

From Turkish iğde (“oleaster”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhidɛ/

### Noun

hide f (plural hide, definite hidja, definite plural hidet)
* (botany) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

### References

* ↑ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “hide”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 633

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), from earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), related to *hīwô (“household”).

#### Noun

hide (plural hides or hiden or hide)
* hide (unit of land)

##### Alternative forms

* hyde

##### Descendants

* English: hide
* Scots: hyd, hid

#### References

* “hīde, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From hiden (“to hide”).

#### Noun

hide
* concealment
* hiding spot

##### Alternative forms

* hid, hyd, hyde

##### Descendants

* English: hide
* Scots: hide

#### References

* “hīd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hide (plural hides or hiden)
* Alternative form of hyde (“skin”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

hide
* Alternative form of hythe (“landing place, port”)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

hide (plural hides)
* Alternative form of heed (“head”)

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hideth, present participle hidende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hidde)
* Alternative form of hiden (“to hide”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxiː.de/, [ˈhiː.de]

### Noun

hīde
* inflection of hīd:
** nominative plural
** accusative singular/plural
** genitive/dative singular