hide

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

To conceal, or to turn away and ignore. "Hide thyself" from a lost animal means to pretend not to see it. In the psalms, when God "hides His face", it is a picture of God seeming far away and not helping, or of God turning from a person's sins.

Interpretation. The law of returning a lost animal is a duty: one may not look away. God asking whether He should "hide" from Abraham shows Abraham as a friend who is told God's plans. The "hidden face" of God is read as a time of trouble when God seems absent, and the prayer is that He return.

Examples

• And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing; (Torah GEN.18.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves, perish from before thee. (Torah DEU.7.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother. (Torah DEU.22.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me? (Writings PSA.13.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? (Writings PSA.89.47, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. (Writings PSA.51.11, JPS 1917) 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.