hide

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/haɪd/]

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Senses

1. hide (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The skin of an animal.

2. hide (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The human skin.

Example: O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!

3. hide (noun) — sense 3

Definition: One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.

Example: to save his own hide

4. hide (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To beat with a whip made from hide.

Example: 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.

Structure of the word

Roots:

skewh (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: skewh

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