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hide

n.

Skin of an animal
pelt, fell, rawhide, pigskin, chamois, shammy, bearskin, goatskin, jacket, integument, sheepskin, sealskin, snakeskin, alligator skin, calfskin; see also coat 2, fur, leather, skin.
*Human skin
integument, epidermis, pellicle; see skin. See syn. study at skin.

neither hide nor hair

nothing whatsoever, no indication, not at all; see nothing.

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hide

v.

To conceal
conceal, shroud, curtain, veil, camouflage, cover, mask, cloak, keep in ignorance, not give away, ensconce, screen, adumbrate, blot out, reserve, bury, suppress, withhold, keep underground, stifle, tuck away, keep secret, hush up, shield, shade, eclipse, not tell, lock up, confuse, put out of sight, put out of the way, hold back, keep from, secrete, dissemble, smuggle, cache, harbor, overlay, shadow, conceal from sight, keep out of sight, entomb, stow away, protect, couch, block out, obstruct the view of, hoard, store, seclude, closet, inter, put in concealment, hush, darken, obscure, render invisible, wrap, shelter, envelop, throw a veil over, keep in the dark*, keep under one's hat*, seal one's lips*, put the lid on*, plant*, put in lavender*, sink*, salt away*, drop*, dump*; see also censor, disguise.
Antonyms expose*, lay bare, uncover.
To keep oneself concealed
disguise oneself, change one's identity, cover one's traces, travel incognito, keep out of sight, go underground, lie in ambush, sneak, prowl, hermitize, burrow, skulk, avoid notice, lie in wait, hibernate, be concealed, stand aloof, hold oneself aloof, take refuge in a hiding place, lie low, conceal oneself, lie snug, lie close, rusticate, lie in ambush, lurk, shut oneself up, seclude oneself, lie hidden, keep out of the way, stay in hiding, retire from sight, hide out*, cover up*, duck*, keep shady*, lie hid*, keep in the background*; see also deceive, disappear, sneak.

hide, the general word, refers to the putting of something in a place where it will not easily be seen or found the view is hidden by the billboard; conceal, a somewhat formal equivalent for hide, more often connotes intent to conceal one's face, motives, etc.;secrete and cache suggest a careful hiding in a secret place they secreted, or cached, the loot in the cellar, but cache now often refers merely to a storing for safekeeping let's cache our supplies in the cave; bury implies a covering for, or as if for, concealment to bury treasure, they were buried in paperwork

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Another word for hide

verb

To put or keep out of sight:
bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, occult, secrete. (Slang) plant, stash. See show
To prevent (something) from being known:
cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hush (up), mask, shroud, veil. Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps. See show
To conceal in obscurity:
obscure, submerge. See show
To cut off from sight:
block (out), conceal, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut off (or out). See show