There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
chided
simple past tense and past participle of chide
• (simple past): chid, chode
• (past participle): chid, chidden
• diched
Source: Wiktionary
Chide, v. t. Etym: [imp. Chid, or Chode (Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.] Etym: [AS. cidan; of unknown origin.]
1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.
2. Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
Syn.
– To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.
Chide, v. i.
1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. Ex. xvii. 2.
2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak.
Chide, n. Etym: [AS. cid]
Definition: A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.