Emily Dickinson Lexicon

hide (hid, hidden, -s, -th, hiding), v. [OE hýdan < Germanic.] (webplay: conceal, crimes, earth, face, hood, knowledge, place, safe, secret, seek, self, sight, spiritual, sun, tell).

1. Keep confidential; hold back; veil from knowledge.
2. Conceal from sight; put in an unseeable position.
3. Bury in the ground; [fig.] plant in the earth.
4. Protect; keep in safety.
5. Not to confess; neglect to disclose.
6. Phrase. “Hide and Seek”: child's game wherein some players conceal themselves from view and another finds them.