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hided

verb

past tense of hide
1
as in licked
to strike repeatedly the grizzled quartermaster threatened to hide any soldier caught stealing provisions

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2
as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible threatened to hide the boys with his cane if he ever found them on his property again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hided
  1. licked
  2. whipped
  3. pounded
  4. slashed
  5. lashed
  6. flicked
  7. attacked
  8. switched
Verb
  • Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.
    — Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of licked
Verb
  • After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • The chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of pounded
Verb
  • Budget proposals for the past two years have slashed NASA’s science funding, and some of the nation’s best and brightest minds have now left the space agency because of uncertainty about their role in its future.
    — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Those tariffs were slashed in May 2025 after trade negotiators in Switzerland struck a temporary deal, which was extended in mid-August.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After the two additional deaths were reported this week, Shapiro again lashed out at Kennedy.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of lashed
Verb
  • The 26-year-old flicked a shot from the top of the 6-yard box off the left post, but slammed home the rebound.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That’s the good life for a family that rarely flicked on the television in their childhood home.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of flicked
Verb
  • Six of the gunmen were killed, according to police, who said one suicide bomber attacked the nearby office of an intelligence agency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • Though initially a proponent of AI data centers, Abbott has switched courses as November has drawn nearer.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Calvin Harris switched the point of attack and fed Luiz right into stride, and Luiz curled one into the far corner from outside the penalty area.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of switched
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“Hided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hided. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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