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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To remain in a condition or state.
  2. v. To wait; tarry.
  3. v. To stay: bide at home.
  4. v. To be left; remain.
  5. v. To await; wait for.
  6. idiom. bide (one's) time To wait for further developments.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To remain in expectation; wait.
  2. To be or remain in a place or state; wait.
  3. To dwell; reside.
  4. To wait for; await.
  5. To endure; suffer; bear.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  2. v. To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  3. v. To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  4. v. To wait for; to await.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
  2. v. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
  3. v. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.
  4. v. To wait for. See Abide.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. dwell.

Etymologies

  1. Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.

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