Bide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bide	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Bide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bide v dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" Synonym(s): bide, abide, stay
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Biding}.] [OE. biden, AS. b[c6]dan; akin to OHG. b[c6]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[c6][?][?]; 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. --Milton. 2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Shak. 2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See {Abide}.