BIDE


Meaning of BIDE in English

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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.