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hide
English
Alternative forms
- hyde (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?d, IPA(key): /ha?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English h?dan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *h?dijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan? (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd?- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611) both hid and hidden are used for the past participle.
Verb
hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden or (archaic) hid)
- (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- Synonyms: conceal, hide away, secrete
- Antonyms: disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town hid himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him.
- (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
- Synonyms: go undercover, hide away, hide out, lie low
- Antonyms: reveal, show
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old English h?d, of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *h?di, from Proto-Germanic *h?diz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-t- (“skin, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). More at sky.
Noun
hide (plural hides)
- (countable) The skin of an animal.
- Synonyms: pelt, skin
- (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
- (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
- 1957, Ayn Rand, Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged:
- The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as I think he will.
- 1957, Ayn Rand, Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged:
- (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
- (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past and past participle hided)
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
- 1891, Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, Riding
- 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.
- 1891, Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, Riding
Etymology 3
From Middle English hide, from Old English h?d, h?d, h??ed, h??id (“a measure of land”), for earlier *h?wid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *h?waz, *h?w? (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English h?wisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English h?wan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.
Noun
hide (plural hides)
- (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. [from 9th c.]
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 488:
- The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.
- Synonym: carucate
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 488:
Usage notes
The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed (in England) to the Saxon and Norman kings, and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year.
Hypernyms
- (100 hides) barony
Hyponyms
- (1?4 hide) See virgate
- (1?8 hide) See oxgang
- (1?16 hide) nook
- farundel
Anagrams
- Heid, Ihde, hied
Albanian
Alternative forms
- ide
Etymology
From Turkish i?de (“oleaster”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hid?/
Noun
hide f (indefinite plural hide, definite singular hidja, definite plural hidet)
- (botany) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
Synonyms
- xinxife
References
Middle English
Etymology 1
from Old English h?d, h?d, h??ed, h??id (“a measure of land”), from earlier *h?wid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *h?waz, *h?w? (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), related to *h?wô (“household”).
Noun
hide (plural hides or hiden or hide)
- hide (unit of land)
Alternative forms
- hyde
Descendants
- English: hide
- Scots: hyd, hid
References
- “h?de, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From hiden (“to hide”).
Noun
hide
- concealment
- hiding spot
Alternative forms
- hid, hyd, hyde
Descendants
- English: hide
- Scots: hide
References
- “h?d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Noun
hide (plural hides or hiden)
- Alternative form of hyde (“skin”)
Etymology 4
Noun
hide
- Alternative form of hythe (“landing place, port”)
Etymology 5
Noun
hide (plural hides)
- Alternative form of heed (“head”)
Etymology 6
Verb
hide (third-person singular simple present hideth, present participle hidende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hidde)
- Alternative form of hiden (“to hide”)
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pretend
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetend? (“put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tend? (“stretch”); see tend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???t?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- Hyphenation: pre?tend
Verb
pretend (third-person singular simple present pretends, present participle pretending, simple past and past participle pretended)
- To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. [from 14th c.]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, XVIII.23:
- "After what past at Upton, so soon to engage in a new amour with another woman, while I fancied, and you pretended, your heart was bleeding for me!"
- 2009 April 13, “Vanity publishing”, in The Economist:
- I have nothing but contempt for people who hire ghost-writers. But at least most faux authors have the decency to pretend that they are sweating blood over "their" book.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, XVIII.23:
- To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). [from 15th c.]
- 2007 October 29, The Guardian, London:
- Gap and other clothes manufacturers should stop using small subcontractors because they are difficult to control. Instead, they should open up their own fully-owned production facilities so that they cannot pretend ignorance when abuses are committed.
- 2007 October 29, The Guardian, London:
- To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). [from 15th c.] (originally used without to)
- 1682, John Dryden, The Medal
- Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
- People observed the diversity of schools and the acerbity of their disputes, and decided that all alike were pretending to knowledge which was in fact unattainable.
- 1682, John Dryden, The Medal
- To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
- 2003 January 23, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, London:
- Luster claimed that the women had consented to sex and were only pretending to be asleep.
- 2003 January 23, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, London:
- (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
- (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
- (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.11:
- Pastorella […] Was by the Captaine all this while defended, / Who, minding more her safety then himselfe, / His target alwayes over her pretended […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.11:
Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Related terms
- pretender
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentious
- pretentiousness
Translations
Further reading
- pretend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pretend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Adjective
pretend (not comparable)
- Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
- As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.
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