Standard Lemma guide

bide

name · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, UK: /baɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • homophone: buyed
  • CMU ARPABET: B AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, dialectal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, dialectal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To wait for; to await.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

dwell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • You can stay with me while you are in town
  • stay a bit longer--the day is still young

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abide, stay

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stay, stay on, continue, remain

Narrower terms: visit, overstay, outstay

History

Etymology

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 and Norwegian Bokmål bie (“to stay, to wait”), Faroese and Icelandic bíða (“to wait”), Norwegian Nynorsk bide, bie (“to wait”), Swedish bida (“to await, to bide”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan, “to wait”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ча́кам (čákam) — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Bulgarian: изча́квам (izčákvam) — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Bulgarian: оста́вам (ostávam) — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Czech: čekat — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Czech: vyčkávat — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Finnish: vartoa — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Korean: 때를 기다리다 (ttaereul gidarida) — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Russian: ждать (ždatʹ) — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Russian: ожида́ть (ožidátʹ) — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Swedish: bida — (intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain
  • Czech: prodlévat — To dwell or reside
  • Czech: dlít — To dwell or reside