What does bide mean?
Definitions for bide
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Princeton's WordNet
bide, abide, stayverb
dwell
"You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
Wiktionary
bideverb
To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
bideverb
To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
bideverb
To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
bideverb
To wait for; to await.
Etymology: From bidan, from bīdanan, from bʰeydʰ-/. Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To BIDEverb
To endure; to suffer.
Etymology: bidan, Sax.
Poor naked wretches, wheresoe’er you are,
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.The wary Dutch this gathering storm foresaw,
And durst not bide it on the English coast. John Dryden, Ann. Mir.To Bideverb
All knees to thee shall bow, of them that bide
In heav’n, or earth, or under earth in hell. Par. Lost, b. iii.Safe in a ditch he bides,
With twenty trenched gashes on his head;
The least a death to nature. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.And they also, if they bide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in. Romans, xi. 23.
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bide
To bide generally means to wait patiently for a suitable opportunity or for a specific event to happen. It can also mean to endure or tolerate a particular situation.
Webster Dictionary
Bideverb
to dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay
Bideverb
to remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be
Bideverb
to encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo
Bideverb
to wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bide
bīd, v.t. and v.i. same as Abide, to wait for.—n. Bid′ing (Shak.), residence, habitation. [A.S. bídan; Goth. beidan.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bide in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of bide in a Sentence
Throw open the gates, set self aside, bide in silence and the radiance of spirit shall come in and make its home.
So we’re going to bide our time, wait for our moment… and then we’re going to show him.
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