Word Finder - hid

definition

To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.

example

He hides his magazines under the bed.

synonyms

• conceal
• hide away
• secrete

definition

To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

synonyms

• go undercover
• hide away
• hide out
• lie low

Katie hid a smile.

This morning I hid a cracker.

She hid a smile at the look on Linda's face.

She hid the dagger in a pocket and watched.

He hid a smile as Rainy turned to him.

I think Shipton hid in the next room—perhaps in the closet.

I came here and hid out, Jared explained.

Pierre hid his face, from which a faint smile forgot to fade though his features now expressed horror and fear.

Grasso no longer hid the knife he carried in his right hand as they moved nearly out of range to a dark, windowless van.

He walked out again, and she tossed the fish and hid the rope, straightening just as he reappeared.

She had been the one who hid so much.

Taran released him and turned to stare hard at Sirian, whose calm features hid any emotion he might feel.

They subsequently hid among the Pulau Sambilan near the mouth of the Perak river, and thence captured a large Portuguese vessel which was sailing from Malacca in company with two Burmese ships.

Thankful for the darkness that hid her burning face, she took a step away from him.

Finally, we condensed everything on a small computer thumb drive which we hid in the removable base of a desk lamp.

She hid the phone as Talon glanced over his shoulder again to ensure she followed.

Wynn hid his surprise.

She moved his weapons, pushed his heavy body out of the way to see if he hid them beneath one of his muscular thighs.

He hid the rest of his weapons under some bushes near the entrance to the underground world and drew a deep breath.

They heard some guys were looking for 'em, so they hid out in this here...place.

She stripped out of her vest and hid her bag under the sink.

Knocking jarred him as he read, and he hid the book beneath a pillow before allowing Hilden's chosen messenger to enter.

There was no telling what was going on around her, and she hoped once again that her stealth magic hid her from the Others.

Whether, as alleged by some, Waynflete fled and hid himself during the period covered by the battle of Wakefield and Edward's fist parliament in 1461, is very doubtful.

The history, indeed, of many a word lies hid in its equivocal uses; and it in no way derogates from the dignity of the highest poetry to gain strength and variety from the ingenious application of the same sounds to different senses, any more than from the contrivances of rhythm or the accompaniment of imitative sounds.

Some are nocturnal, some diurnal; some catch their prey by speed of foot, some by cunningly lying hid, some by means of silken nets.

Fortunately a dense fog hid the helpless masses on the Landgrafenberg from sight of the Prussian gunners.

On one occasion an evil power (Vui) slew all Qat's brothers, and hid them in a food-chest.

His mate was allegedly no longer dying of a tumor, even if he couldn't figure out what secrets she hid, and his newfound independence left him wary of the Immortal Laws but no longer enslaved by them.

Dishonesty and dissoluteness hid their heads.

So they hid themselves among the bushes and waited silently for something to happen.

Sonya tried to lift her head to answer but could not, and hid her face still deeper in the bed.

Sonya could not continue, and again hid her face in her hands and in the feather bed.

Outside the house, beyond the gates, a group of undertakers, who hid whenever a carriage drove up, waited in expectation of an important order for an expensive funeral.

While they drove past the garden the shadows of the bare trees often fell across the road and hid the brilliant moonlight, but as soon as they were past the fence, the snowy plain bathed in moonlight and motionless spread out before them glittering like diamonds and dappled with bluish shadows.

It was getting lighter and lighter, but the mist still hid distant objects.

If he hadn't hid it from her all this time, it wouldn't be such a shock.

I was there when Quinn hid it after Martha locked them out and he had to pry a window.

Darian's disapproving gaze mirrored Damian's, and Sofia hid her face against Damian's chest as the three men facing her gave her similar looks.

She thinks she set it down when we hid behind the boulder—after the shot.

The woman's gaze dropped to her neck, and Katie caught the troubled look in her eyes before she hid it.

At this point she wasn't sure why she felt uncomfortable about telling him – maybe because she had hid so many things from him already and he was hurt by that.

Sooner or later she would tell him, and he would know how important it was to her – and that she had hid it from him.

He dropped to his knees behind the boulder where Yully and Charles hid.

Josephus, whose pretences had postponed the final assault, hid in a cave with forty men.

The secret chamber which hid him is preserved, but he also found refuge in a tree of the forest which then surrounded Boscobel.

Pursued closely and finding the rivers in flood De Wet hid some of his men under Kritzinger near the Orange and himself doubled back, traversing again the line of posts east of Bloemfontein.

According to Hakluyt, it was brought into England from Tripoli by a pilgrim, who hid a stolen corm in the hollow of his staff.

The heavy rain, which had delayed the commencement of the action, had swollen the Bistritz so as to check their advance and thus postpone the decision, whilst the mist and driving rain hid the approaching troops from the Austrian gunners, whose shells burst almost harmlessly on the sodden ground.

About the beginning of the 19th century the inhabitants of Syra numbered only about 1000; whenever a Turkish vessel appeared they made off to the interior and hid themselves.