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0 to put something or someone in a place where that thing or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found:
- She used to hide her diary under her pillow.
- A kilo of heroin was found hidden inside the lining of the suitcase.
- I like wearing sunglasses - I feel I can hide behind them.
- He tries to hide his bald spot by sweeping his hair over to one side.
- She tried to hide her disappointment at not getting the promotion.
- I feel sure there's something about her past that she's trying to hide from me.
1 the strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather
2 a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them
3 to put something or someone in a place where the person or thing cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found:
- [ T ] She used to hide her diary under her pillow.
- [ I ] Tommy ran and hid behind his dad.
- [ T ] She tried to hide her disappointment.
- [ T ] He said nothing is wrong, but I think he’s hiding something.
4 the strong thick skin of an animal that is used for making leather:
- [ C ] He began scraping the hide to prepare it for tanning.
- [ C ] He expects me to save his hide every time he screws up.

I dye my hair to hide my grey streaks.
The cat was hiding under the sofa.
The dog was digging a hole to hide its bone in.
Jaime hid the letter beneath a pile of papers.
A line of trees at the bottom of the garden hid the ugly factory walls.
In (5), the representation of the store is hidden to the program.
Including adjectives as possible linearizations of predicates would not be a problem: the adjective-verb distinction could be hidden in slightly more general linearization types.
The constructor ":" is reserved solely for list construction; like [], it is considered part of the language syntax, and cannot be hidden or redefined.