hid

verb

past tense of hide
1
as in concealed
to put into a hiding place the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards

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2
as in obscured
to keep secret or shut off from view he tried to hide his criminal past she hid the cat's litter box behind a screen

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3
as in lurked
to remain out of sight he hid in the closet while his roommate lied to the probation officer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hid
  1. concealed
  2. obscured
  3. lurked
  4. buried
  5. covered
  6. suppressed
  7. disguised
Verb
  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The sign concealed a smaller building that was a holdout on the corner of West 34th Street and Broadway when Macy's was built in the early 1900s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of concealed
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  • Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking.
    — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of obscured
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  • On April 29, the loose body that lurked in the backdrop all along became lodged inside Skubal’s elbow joint in front of the world.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Beneath all the splendor, the couture, the balls, and the opera lurked an undercurrent of hatred, one that would fester and erupt in ways both insidious and catastrophic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of lurked
Verb
  • Navarro stepped to the spot and buried the penalty, keeping Austin winless on the road this year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Two months after some of the most devastating airstrikes, there are still bodies buried under the rubble.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of buried
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  • The period covered by the data release followed a historic global oil shock set off by the Middle East conflict.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • This is different from a total lunar eclipse, which happens when the entire moon is covered by our planet's shadow.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of covered
Verb
  • Tunick’s lawyers have filed a motion with the court asking that all evidence from the interrogation, including the use of the duress code, be suppressed due to violation of his constitutional rights.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • Paul got his wish when the Cavs swapped Garland for Harden despite Garland’s suppressed trade value.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • Instead, Hating Women is a gentle self-help guide disguised as memoir.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Business leaders grappling with AI adoption can learn from historical figures like Caliph Harun al-Rashid, who disguised himself to understand his empire.
    — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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“Hid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hid. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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