Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Hid} (h[i^]d); p. p.
   {Hidden} (h[i^]d"d'n), {Hid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiding}
   (h[imac]d"[i^]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[=y]dan; akin to
   Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E.
   hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. {Hoard}.]
   1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to
      secrete.

            A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.
                                                  --Matt. v. 15.

            If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is
            hid.                                  --Shak.

   2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain
      from avowing or confessing.

            Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
                                                  --Pope.

   3. To remove from danger; to shelter.

            In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
            pavilion.                             --Ps. xxvi. 5.

   {To hide one's self}, to put one's self in a condition to be
      safe; to secure protection. ``A prudent man foreseeth the
      evil, and hideth himself.'' --Prov. xxii. 3.

   {To hide the face}, to withdraw favor. ``Thou didst hide thy
      face, and I was troubled.'' --Ps. xxx. 7.

   {To hide the face from}.
      (a) To overlook; to pardon. ``Hide thy face from my
          sins.'' --Ps. li. 9.
      (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.

   Syn: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak;
        mask; veil. See {Conceal}.

Hiding \Hid"ing\, n.
   The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view
   or knowledge; concealment.

         There was the hiding of his power.       --Hab. iii. 4.

Hiding \Hid"ing\, n.
   A flogging. [Colloq.] --Charles Reade.

Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hided}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Hiding}.]
   To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]

Source : WordNet®

hiding
     n : the activity of keeping something secret [syn: {concealment},
          {concealing}]