bide
Archaic. to endure; bear.
Obsolete. to encounter.
to dwell; abide; wait; remain.
Idioms about bide
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity: He wanted to ask for a raise, but bided his time.
Origin of bide
1Other words for bide
Other words from bide
- bider, noun
Words Nearby bide
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How to use bide in a sentence
In 1960, at 26, she sat for months in the forests of Tanzania, biding her time until chimpanzees accepted her presence and she could observe them up close.
The Taliban could see how eager the Americans were to get out and so bided its time.
It wasn’t hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear. | Robert Kagan | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostBlanchard will keep caring and searching and biding her time for the right one, and Delfina will keep vigilant about vacuum cleaners.
For some dogs (and humans), the pandemic adoption rush was mostly a waiting game | Hau Chu | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostSo we worked to first bring up other non controversial bills or bills that had bipartisan support, partly because we wanted them approved but also to bide more time.
So, whether they’re testing third-party cookie alternatives or still biding their time, many publishers are protective of their precious audience data and want to make sure it will be valued fairly by identity tech firms.
Media Briefing: Gimme data control, say publishers to identity tech firms | Tim Peterson | April 8, 2021 | Digiday
While Democrats bide their time, Republicans are already spending time and building operations in the Hawkeye State.
Too Soon! Republican Presidential Hopefuls Already Swarming Iowa | Ben Jacobs | July 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRather, one would think now would be an ideal moment for a grateful ally to ramp it down and bide their time.
bide your time with some of the most impressive public displays of Les Miserables love.
If a culture has to be grown, then you have to bide your time while cell division takes its course.
The bloodthirsty Young Turks of Bohane bide their time, waiting in the shadows to shank and supplant their revelry-addled elders.
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’ | Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi | April 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThat's going to make things lots easier for my scheme, 'but I'll 'bide a wee' before I spring it on the Pater.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHe was perfectly contented to bide his time, remembering that adage: "All things come to him who waits."
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondI am not sure that she thinks of me otherwise than as a grown-up brotherbut I will bide my time.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterLet him tak a spring on his ain fiddle, says a proverb that illustrates the coolness with which Donald will bide his time.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellBut he could hardly have kept it up, lest the wind should change and it should bide with him, as the old women say.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
British Dictionary definitions for bide
/ (baɪd) /
(intr) archaic, or dialect to continue in a certain place or state; stay
(intr) archaic, or dialect to live; dwell
(tr) archaic, or dialect to tolerate; endure
bide a wee Scot to stay a little
bide by Scot to abide by
bide one's time to wait patiently for an opportunity
Origin of bide
1- Often shortened to: (Scot) byde
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