Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hide

~1 v past tense hidpast participle hidden 1 to deliberately put or keep something in a place where it cannot easily be seen or found  (My girlfriend keeps hiding my cigarettes. | hide sth from sb)  (The bushes hid Dave's bike completely from the passers-by. | keep sth hidden)  (Confidential documents are kept hidden in a secret vault. | hide sth in/under/behind etc)  (She hides his letters under her pillow.) 2 to go or stay in a place where you hope no one will find you  (Quick- she's coming - we'd better hide!) + under/behind/in etc  (Harry hid under the bed until they had gone.) hide from  (Kylie tried to hide from the stranger.) 3 to keep someone in a place where other people will not find them  (hide sb from)  (an attempt to hide her children from their violent father) 4 to not show your feelings to people  (Paul struggled to hide his disappointment at not getting the job.) 5 to deliberately not tell people facts or information  (He took off his ring to hide the fact that he was married. | hide sth from)  (Don't try to hide anything from me.) 6 have nothing to hide to be willing to tell people about everything you have done, because you have done nothing dishonest, illegal, or immoral  (The company claimed that the deal was legal and that they had nothing to hide.) 7 hide your light under a bushel to not tell anyone that you are very good at something ~2 n 1 BrE a place from which you can watch animals or birds without being seen by them; blind3 (3) AmE 2 an animal's skin, especially when it has been removed to be used for leather  (ox hide gloves) 3 have/tan sb's hide spoken humorous to punish someone severely 4 not see hide nor hair of spoken to have not seen someone at all recently  (I haven't seen hide nor hair of him for ages.)