No.
Hiding is a present participle by its self it has no tense. Combined with other verbs it can be: present continuous - is hiding / are hiding past continuous - was hiding / were hiding present perfect continuous - have been hiding past perfect continuous - had been hiding
The simple past tense is hid. The past participle is hidden.
In "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is hiding his criminal past as a bootlegger and his true identity as James Gatz from his new social circle. He constructs a facade of wealth and success to win back his former love, Daisy Buchanan, but ultimately fails to escape his past.
She was three weeks past her thirteenth birthday when she went into hiding.
gatsby thinks that he can recreate the past which he seeks to do through illegal and destructive mean : )
The past participle is hidden. The present participle is hiding.
Present participle: hiding Past: hid Past participle: hidden
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Negative
The past tense of "hide" is "hid" and the present tense is "hide".
In the past there have been cases where a military officer was discharged.