My OED on CD-ROM has 3 meanings, which, simplistically, can be paraphrased as follows:
- trans. To hide (something)
- refl. To hide oneself
- intr. by omission of the refl pronoun To hide (oneself), go away hurriedly or secretly.
So it can mean "to hide" but that meaning seems to be an extension of "to hide oneself", with the "oneself" being understood.
John