• To hide is to make someone or something less visible; see camouflage, information hiding.
• Hide is the skin of animals; see leather.
• A hide is an ancient unit of area, defined as the amount of land necessary to support one peasant family (100 acres).
• A hide is a shelter or other structure used for observing wildlife in natural habitats, particularly birds; see ethology, birdwatching.
• hide was a Japanese rock musician, one of the two guitarists of X Japan and founder, composer, singer and guitar of hide with Spread Beaver .

See also: Wiktionary definitions of 'hide'