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Antonyms for bide

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bahyd
Phonetic Transcription : baɪd


Definition of bide

Origin :
  • Old English bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate with Old Norse biða, Old Saxon bidan, Old Frisian bidia, Middle Dutch biden, Old High German bitan, Gothic beidan "to wait"), apparently from PIE *bheidh-, an extended stem of one root of Old English biddan (see bid (v.)), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust" (cf. Greek peithein "to persuade," pistis "faith;" Latin fidere "to trust," foedus "compact, treaty," Old Church Slavonic beda "need"). Perhaps the sense evolved in prehistoric times through "endure," and "endure a wait," to "to wait." Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time. Related: Bided; biding.
  • verb wait
Example sentences :
  • "The danger may bide," said he, shrugging his broad shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Here I am, and here I bide, while God gives me strength to lift a sword.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • In sooth, it is bad for those who fall, but worse for those who bide behind.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • If we bide here, who knows that some fresh tumult may not break out.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Here I must bide, and talk and sew and spin, and spin and sew and talk.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Old John will bide at home, sire," said the rugged soldier.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It is time that we were at the wars, for our good swords will not bide in their scabbards.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Bide ye, mem, till ye hear what it is," rejoined the minister.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • "Ay, bide, Jamie; and I winna come near ye," sobbed his mother.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • I'll get Kirsty to big ane, and mebbe she 'll come and bide in 't wi' me whiles!'
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

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