Definition of Bide

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bide
v. wait

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BIDE Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations
BIDE
basic identity data element
  


BIDE Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bide
(v. t.)
To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
  
(v. t.)
To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
  
(v. t.)
To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.
  
(v. t.)
To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
  

WordNet 2.0
bide

Verb
1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
(synonym) abide, stay
(hypernym) stay, stay on, continue, remain
(hyponym) visit
(classification) archaism, archaicism

hEnglish - advanced version
bide

bide
\bide\ (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. bided; p. pr. & vb. n. biding.] [oe. biden, as. bīdan; akin to ohg. bītan, goth. beidan, icel. bī&?;&?;; 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. all knees to thee shall bow of them that bide in heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
2. to remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
bide
\bide\, v. 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.
2. to wait for; as, i bide my time. see abide.
bide
v : dwell (archaic); "you can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: abide, stay]




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for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America
bide
To await.

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
bide
fanacht le cóir