Used in a Sentence

hides

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hides.

Editorial note

The bad guy creates a short video, hides the malware inside it and texts it to your number.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Abbreviation of human-implantable device.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hides gathered in one view.

noun

Abbreviation of human-implantable device.

noun

Abbreviation of Hidalgo: a state of Mexico. [A placename]

noun

(computing) Initialism of human interface device. [(computer hardware) Any hardware device allowing a user to interact with a computer, such as a keyboard or mouse.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hides.

noun

Abbreviation of human-implantable device.

noun

Abbreviation of Hidalgo: a state of Mexico. [A placename]

noun

(computing) Initialism of human interface device. [(computer hardware) Any hardware device allowing a user to interact with a computer, such as a keyboard or mouse.]

Example sentences

1

The bad guy creates a short video, hides the malware inside it and texts it to your number.

2

With growing inequality, using the average hides the fact the improvement for the median worker is much lower.

3

Getting a web project up and running can be a nightmare (no, using Heroku merely hides the problem...it's still there).

4

The change in title hides the main point (~2x speed increase) and makes it appear as a simple bugfix release.

5

Some of the product pages also have a floating quote request form that hides some text.

6

If web sites aren't punished for doing the wrong thing they'll keep doing, requiring more overrides, which hides the bugs, etc.

7

Aparently their main page loads HN as an iframe and hides all techcrunch stories.

8

For one thing it hides the scrollbar which in some browsers causes the whole page to shift by a number of pixels.

9

Though admittedly Google hides the mp3s much better nowadays then they used to.

10

Under the coating of expletives hides a goldmine of no-bullshit common sense.

11

Without checked exceptions, try/catch just hides the extra int *err argument under the rug, actually increasing the risk of library users not acknowledging edge cases.

12

LinkedIn also hides its login form on another page - it assumes you want to sign up if you land on your profile page (e.g.

Quote examples

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With all script allowed (ie for those using IE/edge) all the scary stuff hides behind "learn more" buttons.

2

Either MS "hides" non-default settings, or they are falling behind in the state of the art of UI design.

3

In reality if you did this with real physical objects the part where it says: "You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water" hides a process in which one of the operations would involve picking up the potatoes.

4

More interesting is if Google can "parse" things like <noscript> or if the CSS hides content, or if text is too small and decide to rank based on that (contributing factors to a "quality" rating).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hides in a sentence?

The bad guy creates a short video, hides the malware inside it and texts it to your number.

What does hides mean?

Abbreviation of human-implantable device.

What part of speech is hides?

hides is commonly used as noun.