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bide

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To remain in a condition or state.
  • intransitive verb To wait; tarry.
  • intransitive verb To stay.
  • intransitive verb To be left; remain.
  • intransitive verb To await; wait for.
  • idiom (bide (one's) time) To wait for further developments.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To remain in expectation; wait.
  • To be or remain in a place or state; wait.
  • To dwell; reside.
  • To wait for; await.
  • To endure; suffer; bear.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.
  • transitive verb To wait for. See Abide.
  • intransitive verb To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
  • intransitive verb To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive (chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  • verb intransitive (archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  • verb intransitive (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  • verb transitive (archaic) To wait for; to await.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb dwell

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan ("to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own"), from Proto-Germanic *bīdanan (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.

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synonyms (105)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abide
  2. abide with
  3. await
  4. bear
  5. bear with
  6. bide the issue
  7. brave
  8. brook
  9. carry on
  10. cease not
  11. continue
  12. continue to be
  13. dally
  14. dawdle
  15. defeat time
  16. defy time
  17. delay
  18. dig
  19. dillydally
  20. drag on
  21. dwell
  22. encounter
  23. endure
  24. exist
  25. extend
  26. go along
  27. go on
  28. hang about
  29. hang around
  30. hang in
  31. hang in there
  32. hang out
  33. hang tough
  34. hold
  35. hold everything
  36. hold on
  37. hold out
  38. hold steady
  39. hold your horses
  40. invitation
  41. jog on
  42. keep
  43. keep going
  44. keep on
  45. last
  46. last long
  47. last out
  48. linger
  49. live
  50. live on
  51. live through
  52. loiter
  53. lump
  54. lump it
  55. maintain
  56. mark time
  57. never cease
  58. offer
  59. perdure
  60. perennate
  61. persevere
  62. persist
  63. prevail
  64. put up with
  65. remain
  66. run
  67. run on
  68. sit tight
  69. sit up
  70. sit up for
  71. slog on
  72. stagger on
  73. stand
  74. stand for
  75. stay
  76. stay on
  77. stay up
  78. stay up for
  79. stick
  80. stick around
  81. subsist
  82. suffer
  83. support
  84. survive
  85. sustain
  86. sweat
  87. sweat it out
  88. sweat out
  89. take time
  90. take up with
  91. tarry
  92. tide over
  93. tolerate
  94. undergo
  95. wait
  96. wait a minute
  97. wait and see
  98. wait for
  99. wait on
  100. wait up for
  101. watch
  102. watch and wait
  103. wear
  104. wear well
  105. withstand

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. continue
  2. remain
  3. stay
  4. stay on

hyponyms (3)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. outstay
  2. overstay
  3. visit

variants (1)

Variants

  1. abide

forms (7)

Forms

  1. bidden
  2. bided
  3. bides
  4. biding
  5. bode
  6. abide
  7. bide one's time

relateds (1)

relateds

  1. bid

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. invite
  2. offer

rhymes (83)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Clyde
  2. Eid
  3. Hyde
  4. Outside
  5. Pride
  6. Ride
  7. Stateside
  8. abide
  9. allied
  10. alongside
  11. applied
  12. aside
  13. astride
  14. belied
  15. beside
  16. betide
  17. bride
  18. chide
  19. coincide
  20. collide
  21. complied
  22. confide
  23. cried
  24. decide
  25. decried
  26. defied
  27. denied
  28. deride
  29. died
  30. divide
  31. dried
  32. dyed
  33. eid
  34. eyed
  35. flied
  36. fried
  37. glide
  38. guide
  39. hide
  40. ide
  41. implied
  42. inside
  43. lied
  44. misapplied
  45. misguide
  46. nationwide
  47. outside
  48. oversupplied
  49. pied
  50. plied
  51. preside
  52. pride
  53. pried
  54. provide
  55. pryde
  56. relied
  57. replied
  58. reside
  59. retried
  60. ride
  61. seid
  62. shied
  63. side
  64. sighed
  65. slide
  66. snide
  67. spied
  68. stateside
  69. stride
  70. subdivide
  71. subside
  72. supplied
  73. tide
  74. tied
  75. tried
  76. untied
  77. untried
  78. upside
  79. vide
  80. vied
  81. westside
  82. wide
  83. worldwide

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  • bilby commented on the word bide

    Scots - remain.

    August 2, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the word bide

    The Dude abides.

    September 25, 2008