verb

• (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
  "He hides his magazines under the bed."
• (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
  "Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."

noun

• (countable) The skin of an animal.
• (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
  "O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!"
• (metonymic, uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  "to save his own hide"
• (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  "A Forest Trail and wild life hides lie 2 miles to the north-east. Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides."

noun

• (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.
  "The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares."