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"Keep out of sight"

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4 lettersPronunciation /haɪd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted dehiStarts with HEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Word origin

From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną (“to hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

Used in a sentence

  • He hides his magazines under the bed.
  • The father hid the gift behind him.
  • The politicians were accused of keeping information hidden from the public.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Keep out of sight4 letters
02Conceal4 letters

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