Bide

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Biding}.] [OE. biden, AS. b[imac]dan; akin to OHG.
     b[imac]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[imac]??; 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.


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              All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide
              In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or
        state; to continue to be. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bide \Bide\, v. t.
     1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to
        endure; to suffer; to undergo.
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              Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are,
              That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See {Abide}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bide
       v : dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
           bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {abide}, {stay}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "bide":
     abide, abide with, await, bear, bear with, bide the issue, brave,
     brook, carry on, cease not, continue, continue to be, dally,
     dawdle, defeat time, defy time, delay, dig, dillydally, drag on,
     dwell, endure, exist, extend, go along, go on, hang about,
     hang around, hang in, hang in there, hang out, hang tough, hold,
     hold everything, hold on, hold out, hold steady, hold your horses,
     jog on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, last long, last out,
     linger, live, live on, live through, loiter, lump, lump it,
     maintain, mark time, never cease, perdure, perennate, persevere,
     persist, prevail, put up with, remain, run, run on, sit tight,
     sit up, sit up for, slog on, stagger on, stand, stand for, stay,
     stay on, stay up, stay up for, stick, stick around, subsist,
     suffer, support, survive, sustain, sweat, sweat it out, sweat out,
     take time, take up with, tarry, tide over, tolerate, wait,
     wait a minute, wait and see, wait for, wait on, wait up for, watch,
     watch and wait, wear, wear well