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hidden
hidden agenda
hidden load
hidden offer
hidden tax
hiddenite
hide (1)
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hide-and-seek
hide-hole
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hide (2)

hide [ hīd ] (plural hides)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. animal skin: the skin of some larger animals, e.g. deer, cattle, or buffalo ( often used in combination )

2. human skin: a person's skin ( informal )

[ Old English hȳd< Indo-European]

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.


tan somebody's hide to beat or whip somebody (informal)

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