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Webster 1913 Edition


Bide

Bide

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Biding
.]
[OE.
biden
, AS.
bīdan
; akin to OHG.
bītan
, Goth.
beidan
, Icel.
bī[GREEK][GREEK]
; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to
bid
. See
Bid
,
Verb.
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

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Bide

BIDE

,
Verb.
I.
To dwell; to inhabit.
1.
To remain; to continue or be permanent, in a place or state. [Nearly antiquated.]

BIDE

,
Verb.
T.
To endure; to suffer. [See Abide.]

Definition 2024


bide

bide

See also: bidé, bidè, bidê, and bídě

English

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  2. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
    • Milton
      All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in ****.
  3. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bide.

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  • The verb has been replaced by abide in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression bide one's time.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations


Basque

Etymology 1

Noun

bide

  1. path, track, way
  2. way, manner, method, procedure
  3. journey
  4. line
Derived terms
  • bidea galdu
  • bideari lotu
  • bide eman
  • labur bide

Etymology 2

Adverb

bide

  1. apparently

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bitæ, from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːdə/, [ˈb̥iːðə]

Verb

bide (imperative bid, infinitive at bide, present tense bider, past tense bed, perfect tense har bidt)

  1. bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

French

Etymology

From bidon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bid/

Noun

bide m (plural bides)

  1. fiasco, flop
  2. (colloquial) paunch, belly
  3. (uncountable) Something fake.

Synonyms


Japanese

Romanization

bide

  1. rōmaji reading of ビデ

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bīdan, from Proto-Germanic.

Verb

bide

  1. to dwell, to live
    Tae bide somewhaur: to dwell somewhere.
    Tae bide: to dwell.
    Whaur dae ye bide?: where do you live?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐdeː/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧de

Noun

bìdē m (Cyrillic spelling бѝде̄)

  1. bidet

Declension

References

  • bide” in Hrvatski jezični portal