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| hide [ hīd ] (plural hides) |
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1. animal skin: the skin of some larger animals, e.g. deer, cattle, or buffalo
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often used in combination
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2. human skin: a person's skin
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informal
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| [ Old English hȳd< Indo-European] |
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neither hide nor hair of somebody or something no trace of somebody or something (informal)
  We could see neither hide nor hair of the lost keys.
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tan somebody's hide to beat or whip somebody (informal)
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