v.
Pronunciation: ' b ī d
Function: verb
Inflected Form: bode \ ' b ō d \ or bid · ed ; bided ; bid · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English b ī dan; akin to Old High German b ī tan to wait, Latin fidere to trust, Greek peithesthai to believe
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1 past usually bided : to wait for ― used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time
2 archaic : WITHSTAND <two men ⋯ might bide the winter storm ― W. C. Bryant>
3 chiefly dialect : to put up with : TOLERATE
intransitive verb
1 : to continue in a state or condition
2 : to wait awhile : TARRY
3 : to continue in a place : SOJOURN
– bid · er noun