hide
part of speech
verb (hide, hides, hid, hidden, hiding); noun (hide, hides)
meaning for a pupil
1) To hide means to put something where it cannot be seen or found. tree →
2) To hide is also to go where others cannot see or find you. tree →
3) To hide a feeling is to keep it secret. tree →
4) A hide is an animal's skin, used to make leather. tree →
5) A hide is also a small hut where people watch birds without being seen. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: things hidden and found: the hidden ones are part of the total: hidden = total − found; each box with the same number makes a rate. In games: hide-and-seek. In science: animals hide using camouflage. Safety: never hide in fridges, car boots or places you cannot get out of. Phrases: hide-and-seek, hide away, in hiding, hide from, hidden treasure.
examples
- She hid 12 eggs; the kids found 9. How many are still hidden? tree →
- Tom hides 3 coins in each box. tree →
- 5 cats hide under the bed. tree →
- How many did he hide in all? tree →
- Let us play hide-and-seek. tree →
- The pirates hid the treasure on an island. tree →
- The chameleon hides by changing colour. tree →
- He tried to hide his tears. tree →
- We watched the ducks from the bird hide. tree →
- Or is it his wrinkled hide? tree →
note
Irregular verb: hide, hid, hidden. Hidden = total − found. Each box with the same number makes a rate. Trap: «hid 3 in each of 4 boxes» means 12 in all.
In the corpora
- Most people think tiny kind lies are OK, but big lies that hurt people or hide important things are not.
- Everyone makes mistakes; owning up quickly makes them easier to fix, while hiding them tends to make them bigger.
- People change jobs and move all the time; not every leaving hides a secret.
- Keeping a wedding private by choice is not the same as hiding something bad.
- Shouting would only teach a child to hide things, so good parents try hard not to.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hide» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.