bide

Meaning

1. (dialectal, transitive) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
2. (archaic, transitive) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
3. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
4. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
5. (archaic, transitive) To wait for; to await.

Synonyms

abide

wait

await

stay

sojourn

endure

linger

tolerate

stay for

live

pause

put up with

remain

reside

stay at

stomach

support

tarry

vegetate

wait for

wait on

watch

⌚

linger over

remain in expectation

bear

🐻

brook

connive at

contemplate

do with

dwell

dwell on

inhabit

Translations

esperar

oturmak

🪑

erwarten

afwachten

verbeiden

dayanmak

انتظر

abwarten

υπομένω

attendre

هدأ

مكث

نزل

بقِي

ثبت

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: biden

Inherited from Old English: bīdan

In summary

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots bide (“to dwell, to live; to stay”), Alemannic German beite (“to wait”), Cimbrian paiten (“to wait”), Dutch beiden (“to wait”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål bie (“to stay, to wait”), Faroese, Icelandic bíða (“to wait”), Norwegian Nynorsk bide, bie (“to wait”), Swedish bida (“to await, to bide”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan, “to wait”).