Past tense of hide
The past simple of hide is hid and the past participle is hidden: hide – hid – hidden.
- Base form V1
- hide
- Past simple V2
- hid
- Past participle V3
- hidden
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Meaning of hide
To place yourself, another person, or an object where it cannot easily be seen or found
- ExampleShe hid the spare key behind a loose brick.
Hide, hid, hidden in sentences
- Past simpleThe boy hid under the bed.
- Past participleThe money had been hidden in a box.
Common mistakes
hidedhid. Hide is irregular, so it does not take -ed.The money had been hid in a box.The money had been hidden in a box. After be in the passive, use the past participle, hidden.
Similar verbs
All three forms different, like hide: be, do, go, know, see, take, give, write.
Common questions
What is the past tense of hide?
Hid. For example: The boy hid under the bed.
What is the past participle of hide?
Hidden. It follows be in the passive, as in The money had been hidden in a box.
Is hide a regular verb?
No. Hide is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
