Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hide

Having hide (skin) of a specified kind.

(nonstandard) simple past tense of hide

A place where something or someone may be hidden.

(idiomatic, Britain, informal) A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

plural of hiding place

(software, object-oriented programming) Synonym of information hiding

(software, object-oriented programming) The technique to hide information so that it is invisible from the outside of an object. (It is a principle of segregation of design decisions that are most likely to change, so that other parts of the program are protected from extensive modification.)

present participle of hide behind

Alternative form of hiding place