bide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb dwell
    abide; stay.
    • You can stay with me while you are in town
    • stay a bit longer--the day is still young

WordNet

Bide intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bided; present participle & verbal noun Biding
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  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. Shak.
  2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Webster 1913