- [countable] (British English) a place from which people can watch wild animals or birds, without being seen by themTopics Hobbiesc2
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- [countable, uncountable] an animal’s skin, especially when it is bought or sold or used for leather
- boots made from buffalo hide
- a black hide belt
- The hide is tanned for leather.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- tough
- leathery
- …
- tan
- [singular] (especially North American English, informal) used to refer to somebody’s life or safety when they are in a difficult situation
- All he's worried about is his own hide (= himself).
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English hȳdan, of West Germanic origin. noun senses 2 to 3 Old English hȳd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huid and German Haut.
Idioms
See hide in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhave/tan somebody’s hide
- (old-fashioned, informal or humorous) to punish somebody severely
not see hide nor hair of somebody/something
- (informal) not to see somebody/something for some time
- I haven't seen hide nor hair of her for a month.
save your (own) skin/hide/neck
- to try to avoid death, punishment, etc., especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation
- To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend.
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