bide

verb

ˈbīd

bode ˈbōd

or bided; bided; biding

transitive verb

past tense usually bided : to wait for

—used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time

is biding his time before asking for a raise

archaic : withstand

two men … might bide the winter storm

W. C. Bryant

chiefly dialectal : to put up with : tolerate

… couldn't bide children on his place …

J. W. Riley

intransitive verb

: to continue in a state or condition

bide still a moment

: to wait awhile : tarry

: to continue in a place : sojourn

bide in a cabin

bider noun

Example Sentences

how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage? at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children

Recent Examples on the Web Engineers worked to divert rainwater from the caves in order to bide time.

Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022 Nor will viruses bide their time for 14 minutes and 59 seconds before launching themselves noseward at 15 minutes on the dot.

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2022 Then bide your time because these kinds of crushes usually wane.

Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 1 June 2022 Brown and Murray weren’t content to bide their time or wait their turn.

Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022 Disfluencies are involuntary disruptions in the normal flow of speech that can help us bide our time, collect our thoughts or self-correct.

cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022 The first flight of the SpaceX Starship with Super Heavy booster will have to bide its time a little longer.

Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2022 Like several other influential Republicans, McCarthy assesses that the best approach to Trump is to bide time, appease him, and hope his relevance fades away as more pressing issues take center stage.

Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 14 Feb. 2022 Readers are brought face to face with the crushing loss of loved ones, hatred from long-time neighbors, love that must bide its time, and age-old questions about evil.

Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English biden "to stay, linger, wait expectantly, hope for, undergo," going back to Old English bīdan, past bād, bidon, past participle biden, going back to Germanic *bīðan- (whence also Old Saxon bīdan "to wait, stand ready, hold out," Old High German bītan "to wait, expect," Old Norse bíða "to wait for, suffer, undergo," Gothic beidan "to wait for, endure"), perhaps going back to Indo-European *b^hei̯d- "entrust, trust" — more at faith entry 1

Note: The argument has been made, most notably by Émile Benveniste (Le vocabulaire des institutions indo-européennes, Paris, 1969, tome 1, pp. 119-20), that in Germanic an older sense "place one's trust in something" developed into "expect with confidence, wait for" and then "undergo, endure"—though this hypothesis has not been universally accepted.

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

biding 1 of 2

adjective

as in abiding

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

abiding
lingering
staying
enduring
persisting
lasting
remaining
residual
tarrying
holding up
keeping up
holding on
running on
continuing
surviving
leftover
perduring
sticking around
prevailing
carrying through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

waning
subsiding
dying (down)
ebbing
finishing
dying
moderating
passing
abating
closing
concluding
ending
stopping
terminating
letting up
lapsing
quitting
expiring
winding up
ceasing
desisting
discontinuing
leaving off

biding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bide

as in remaining

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?

Synonyms & Similar Words

remaining
continuing
lasting
staying
persisting
lingering
surviving
enduring
abiding
holding on
prevailing
keeping up
tarrying
running on
perduring
holding up
sticking around
carrying through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

finishing
dying
closing
stopping
passing
ending
terminating
concluding
expiring
quitting
lapsing
ceasing
discontinuing
waning
subsiding
desisting
dying (down)
ebbing
moderating
leaving off
abating
winding up
letting up

as in standing

chiefly dialect to put up with (something painful or difficult) at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children

Synonyms & Similar Words

standing
tolerating
accepting
handling
taking
enduring
absorbing
bearing
sustaining
stomaching
meeting
brooking
supporting
countenancing
pocketing
abiding
hacking
wearing
swallowing
going
living with
standing for
sweating out
sticking out
permitting
allowing
suffering
respecting
capitulating
toughing it out
acquiescing
lumping (it)
reconciling (to)
yielding (to)
consenting (to)
submitting (to)
assenting (to)
agreeing (with or to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

refusing
rejecting
fighting
declining
dismissing
opposing
resisting
repudiating
contesting
combating
avoiding
combatting
missing
escaping
turning down
spurning
evading
eluding
dodging
circumventing
bypassing
refraining (from)
forbearing
abstaining (from)

as in waiting

to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire

Synonyms & Similar Words

waiting
staying
awaiting
lingering
remaining
holding on
biding one's time
expecting
sitting tight
tarrying
holding one's breath
anticipating
hanging around
cooling one's heels
sticking around
standing by
watching (for)

单词	biding
释义	bide verb ˈbīd bode ˈbōd or bided; bided; biding transitive verb 1 past tense usually bided : to wait for —used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time is biding his time before asking for a raise 2 archaic : withstand two men … might bide the winter storm W. C. Bryant 3 chiefly dialectal : to put up with : tolerate … couldn't bide children on his place … J. W. Riley intransitive verb 1 : to continue in a state or condition bide still a moment 2 : to wait awhile : tarry 3 : to continue in a place : sojourn bide in a cabin bider noun Synonyms abide continue endure hold on hold up keep up last perdure persist remain run on See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage? at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children Recent Examples on the Web Engineers worked to divert rainwater from the caves in order to bide time. Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022 Nor will viruses bide their time for 14 minutes and 59 seconds before launching themselves noseward at 15 minutes on the dot. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2022 Then bide your time because these kinds of crushes usually wane. Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 1 June 2022 Brown and Murray weren’t content to bide their time or wait their turn. Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022 Disfluencies are involuntary disruptions in the normal flow of speech that can help us bide our time, collect our thoughts or self-correct. cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022 The first flight of the SpaceX Starship with Super Heavy booster will have to bide its time a little longer. Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2022 Like several other influential Republicans, McCarthy assesses that the best approach to Trump is to bide time, appease him, and hope his relevance fades away as more pressing issues take center stage. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 14 Feb. 2022 Readers are brought face to face with the crushing loss of loved ones, hatred from long-time neighbors, love that must bide its time, and age-old questions about evil. Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English biden "to stay, linger, wait expectantly, hope for, undergo," going back to Old English bīdan, past bād, bidon, past participle biden, going back to Germanic bīðan- (whence also Old Saxon bīdan* "to wait, stand ready, hold out," Old High German bītan "to wait, expect," Old Norse bíða "to wait for, suffer, undergo," Gothic beidan "to wait for, endure"), perhaps going back to Indo-European b^hei̯d- "entrust, trust" — more at faith entry 1 Note: The argument has been made, most notably by Émile Benveniste (Le vocabulaire des institutions indo-européennes,* Paris, 1969, tome 1, pp. 119-20), that in Germanic an older sense "place one's trust in something" developed into "expect with confidence, wait for" and then "undergo, endure"—though this hypothesis has not been universally accepted. First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Kids Definition bide verb ˈbīd bode ˈbōd or bided ˈbī-dəd ; bided; biding : to wait or wait for bide a while biding 1 of 2 adjective as in abiding Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance abiding lingering staying enduring persisting lasting remaining residual tarrying holding up keeping up holding on running on continuing surviving leftover perduring sticking around prevailing carrying through Antonyms & Near Antonyms waning subsiding dying (down) ebbing finishing dying moderating passing abating closing concluding ending stopping terminating letting up lapsing quitting expiring winding up ceasing desisting discontinuing leaving off See More biding 2 of 2 verb present participle of bide 1 as in remaining to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage? Synonyms & Similar Words remaining continuing lasting staying persisting lingering surviving enduring abiding holding on prevailing keeping up tarrying running on perduring holding up sticking around carrying through Antonyms & Near Antonyms finishing dying closing stopping passing ending terminating concluding expiring quitting lapsing ceasing discontinuing waning subsiding desisting dying (down) ebbing moderating leaving off abating winding up letting up See More 2 as in standing chiefly dialect to put up with (something painful or difficult) at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children Synonyms & Similar Words standing tolerating accepting handling taking enduring absorbing bearing sustaining stomaching meeting brooking supporting countenancing pocketing abiding hacking wearing swallowing going living with standing for sweating out sticking out permitting allowing suffering respecting capitulating toughing it out acquiescing lumping (it) reconciling (to) yielding (to) consenting (to) submitting (to) assenting (to) agreeing (with or to) Antonyms & Near Antonyms refusing rejecting fighting declining dismissing opposing resisting repudiating contesting combating avoiding combatting missing escaping turning down spurning evading eluding dodging circumventing bypassing refraining (from) forbearing abstaining (from) See More 3 as in waiting to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire Synonyms & Similar Words waiting staying awaiting lingering remaining holding on biding one's time expecting sitting tight tarrying holding one's breath anticipating hanging around cooling one's heels sticking around standing by watching (for)
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bide

verb

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