BIDE

bide, abide, stay

(verb) dwell; “You can stay with me while you are in town”; “stay a bit longer--the day is still young”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

bide (third-person singular simple present bides, present participle biding, simple past bided or bode, past participle bidden or bided)

(transitive, chiefly, dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.

(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.

(transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.

Usage notes

• The verb has been replaced by abide in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression bide one's time.

Synonyms

• (to bear): put up with; See also tolerate

• (to dwell or reside in a location): live; See also reside

• (to wait): stand by; See also wait

• (to wait for): await; See also wait for

Anagrams

• Bedi, EBID, dieb

Source: Wiktionary

Bide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] Etym: [OE. biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.]

1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.

Bide, v. t.

1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.

2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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