Entry Word: hide

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value <seal hides are used by Eskimos to make footwear, boats, shelters, bags, and clothing>

Synonyms fur, leather, pelt, skin

Related Words badger, beaver, chamois, chinchilla, ermine, fisher, fox, mink, muskrat, otter, Persian lamb, rabbit, raccoon (also racoon), sable, seal, silver fox; bearskin, buckskin, calfskin, coonskin, cowhide, deerskin, doeskin, goatskin, horsehide, kidskin, lambskin, pigskin, rawhide, sealskin, sharkskin, sheepskin, snakeskin; fleece, mouton; alligator; cordovan, morocco, patent leather, suede

2 the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use <boots made of shiny alligator hide> — see leather 1