English

Verb

bide ‎(third-person singular simple present bides, present participle biding, simple past bode or bided, past participle bided or bidden)

1. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
2. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
   • Milton

     All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in ****.

3. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
4. (transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bide.

Usage notes

• The verb has been replaced by abide in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression bide one's time.

Derived terms

• bide one's time
• abide

Related terms

• bid
• faith
• fidelity

Translations

Basque

Etymology 1

Noun

bide

1. path, track, way
2. way, manner, method, procedure
3. journey
4. line

Derived terms

• bidea galdu
• bideari lotu
• bide eman
• labur bide

Etymology 2

Adverb

bide

1. apparently

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bitæ, from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‎(“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːdə/, [ˈb̥iːðə]

Verb

bide ‎(imperative bid, infinitive at bide, present tense bider, past tense bed, perfect tense har bidt)

1. bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

French

Etymology

From bidon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bid/

Noun

bide m ‎(plural bides)

1. fiasco, flop
2. (colloquial) paunch, belly
3. (uncountable) Something fake.

Synonyms

• (fiasco): fiasco, flop, four
• (belly): bedaine, brioche, panse
• (something fake): bidon

Japanese

Romanization

bide

1. rōmaji reading of ビデ

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bīdan, from Proto-Germanic.

Verb

bide

1. to dwell, to live

   Tae bide somewhaur: to dwell somewhere.

   Tae bide: to dwell.

   Whaur dae ye bide?: where do you live?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐdeː/
• Hyphenation: bi‧de

Noun

bìdē m ‎(Cyrillic spelling бѝде̄)

1. bidet

Declension

References

• “bide” in Hrvatski jezični portal