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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.
- 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.
- transitive verb To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.
- transitive verb To wait for. See
Abide .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive (chiefly dialectal) To
bear ; toendure ; totolerate . - verb intransitive (
archaic or dialectal) Todwell orreside in a location; toabide . - verb intransitive (
archaic or dialectal) Towait ; to be in expectation; tostay ; toremain . - verb transitive (
archaic ) Towait for; toawait .
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
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And I think along with the other permanent members, it's relative content to let this long process of negotiation play out and just kind of bide its time otherwise.
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Meaning that a person will "bide" or stay only so long as he can get anything, or serve his own purpose.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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And bide I did, till the dance was ripe to break up, and Chief George had brought a paddle all ready for me.
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"Bide a wee, bide a wee," he protested, when collared by the pocket-miner.
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If you're merely in the mood for a harmless but intelligent and thoughtful family cartoon to bide the time between Pixar and DreamWorks epics, it is as perfect a choice as can be imagined.
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If you're merely in the mood for a harmless but intelligent and thoughtful family cartoon to bide the time between Pixar and DreamWorks epics, it is as perfect a choice as can be imagined.
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He was an easy-going man and had learned to bide his time.
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As fans wait patiently for the movie to release on June 30, 2010, they can bide their time by visiting the official website for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
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'Bide a wee, Tommy,' I says to myself; 'bide a wee.'
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synonyms (105)
Words with the same meaning
- 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
- encounter
- 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
- invitation
- 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
- offer
- 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
- undergo
- wait
- wait a minute
- wait and see
- wait for
- wait on
- wait up for
- watch
- watch and wait
- wear
- wear well
- withstand
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rhymes (83)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Clyde
- Eid
- Hyde
- Outside
- Pride
- Ride
- Stateside
- abide
- allied
- alongside
- applied
- aside
- astride
- belied
- beside
- betide
- bride
- chide
- coincide
- collide
- complied
- confide
- cried
- decide
- decried
- defied
- denied
- deride
- died
- divide
- dried
- dyed
- eid
- eyed
- flied
- fried
- glide
- guide
- hide
- ide
- implied
- inside
- lied
- misapplied
- misguide
- nationwide
- outside
- oversupplied
- pied
- plied
- preside
- pride
- pried
- provide
- pryde
- relied
- replied
- reside
- retried
- ride
- seid
- shied
- side
- sighed
- slide
- snide
- spied
- stateside
- stride
- subdivide
- subside
- supplied
- tide
- tied
- tried
- untied
- untried
- upside
- vide
- vied
- westside
- wide
- worldwide
bilby commented on the word bide
Scots - remain.
August 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bide
The Dude abides.
September 25, 2008