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as in to conceal
to put into a hiding place
the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards
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as in to obscure
to keep secret or shut off from view
he tried to hide his criminal past she hid the cat's litter box behind a screen
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the grizzled quartermaster threatened to hide any soldier caught stealing provisions
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as in to whip
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
threatened to hide the boys with his cane if he ever found them on his property again
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as in pelt
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value
seal hides are used by Eskimos to make footwear, boats, shelters, bags, and clothing
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as in leather
the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use
boots made of shiny alligator hide
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Recent Examples of hide
Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
The president was also profoundly contemptuous of women, kept his true opposition to female suffrage carefully hidden, and allowed the suffragists who silently held banners outside the White House to be repeatedly attacked by mobs, beaten, and jailed.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
The highest-grade leather for a sofa is full-grain leather, which uses the outer layer of the hide.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
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The specifics of the plot remain unclear, but the title refers to a familiar trope in representations of colonized nations—an Indigenous group that remains hidden away in the denser wilderness of the land, protected from the violent influence of empire.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
The president was also profoundly contemptuous of women, kept his true opposition to female suffrage carefully hidden, and allowed the suffragists who silently held banners outside the White House to be repeatedly attacked by mobs, beaten, and jailed.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
Hungarian photographer Bence Máté spent 27 days watching from a hide before capturing this shot.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
The highest-grade leather for a sofa is full-grain leather, which uses the outer layer of the hide.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hide
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Arsenal’s Leno had just blocked from Christian Eriksen, but the ball was headed out to Moussa Sissoko who thwacked it full pelt from the edge of the box.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Soon, Siberian fur traders were trapping and harvesting pelts in the Aleutian Islands and around the island of Kodiak off Alaska’s southern coast.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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The biggest losses are projected in the case of persisting tariffs by the U.S. and major retaliatory tariffs coming from the other two countries in question for industries like mining, leather and lumber, but also computers, electronics and electronic equipment.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The phone comes in two designs: black vegan leather or iridescent pearl.—
Eric Zeman,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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The lab mice, which have been modified to have shaggy fur and golden coats, are a demonstration of the kind of gene edits that the company hopes to perform on a much larger scale, modifying Asian elephants to more closely resemble their woolly mammoth ancestors.—
Matt Reynolds,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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Other target genes included MC1R (melanocortin 1 receptor), which regulates melanin production, in order to produce mice with golden hair rather than the usual dark fur and a variant associated with changes in body weight.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Between the dry air from at-home heating systems and the chilly, near-arctic temperatures, keeping your skin moisturized day and night is an absolute must.—
Tatayana Yomary,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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Some people notice their hair thinning or falling out, your skin might be a mess, and your nails may become brittle.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2025
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The gray seal, later coined with the name Chappy, entered the Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Clinic on Feb. 16 after being found stranded on the streets of New Haven, according to a Facebook post by the aquarium.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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The seal, which was believed to be about 5 to 6 weeks old, was more than 1,000 feet from the nearest river.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The second suspect was wearing a black winter coat with tan fur on the hood and blue jeans.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Trade in your wrap coat for a cocoon silhouette, and set aside your knee-high boots for a modern wedge heel.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Hide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hide. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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