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Hyde

[ hahyd ]

/ haɪd /

noun

Douglas,1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.

Edward. Clarendon, Edward Hyde.

Example sentences from the Web for hyde

When it comes to Israel, President Obama has been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Obama’s Love-Hate Relationship With Israel Explodes |Eli Lake |October 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tichelman had such difficulties with Hyde staff that she was “outposted” to rough it on a school-owned island for a time.

The Black Widow of Silicon Valley |Michael Daly |July 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The worst of the bunch was Mary Reilly, a gothic take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Oscar Nominees’ Most Embarrassing Roles: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and More |Marlow Stern |February 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Much of this is already embodied in the Hyde Amendment, a rider annually attached to every appropriations bill since 1977.

House To Pass New Abortion Restrictions |Ben Jacobs |January 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“When I was about 4, we went back east for the summer, and they were at Hyde Park,” says Dern.

Bruce Dern’s Long, Strange Trip to Leading Man in Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ |Marlow Stern |November 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Sometimes all three species, like the orators in Hyde Park, address the world simultaneously from neighbouring trees.

Glimpses of Indian Birds |Douglas Dewar
Fancy owning no more of Nature than the crowd out there owned of the flowers and trees and waters of Hyde Park!

The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. |John Galsworthy
I thought for a moment and then told him of my meeting that day in Hyde Park.

Sonia Married |Stephen McKenna
I fancy, regardless of the close of the season, the site chosen has been or will be Hyde Park.

Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 107, August 25, 1894 |Various
He knew that she was more and more frequently at the offices of Hyde & Collins.

Mrs. Thompson |William Babington Maxwell

British Dictionary definitions for hyde (1 of 2)

Hyde ¹

/ (haɪd) /

noun

a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester; textiles, footwear, engineering. Pop: 31 253 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for hyde (2 of 2)

Hyde ²

/ (haɪd) /

noun

Douglas. 1860–1949, Irish scholar and author; first president of Eire (1938–45)

Edward Hyde See Clarendon 2

Idioms and Phrases with hyde

Hyde

see Jekyll and Hyde.