What is "to hide the face"

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.

   1. To overlook; to pardon. ``Hide thy face from my sins.''
      --Ps. li. 9.

   2. To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.

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