bided
Use Bided in a sentence
verb (used without object)
Idioms 3.
to dwell; abide; wait; remain.
4.
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity: He wanted to ask for a raise, but bided his time.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English biden, Old English bīdan; cognate with Old Frisian bīdia, Old Saxon bīdan, Old High German bītan, Old Norse bītha, Gothic beidan, Latin fīdere, Greek peíthesthai to trust, rely < Indo-European *bheidh-; the meaning apparently developed: have trust > endure > wait > abide > remain
before 900; Middle English biden, Old English bīdan; cognate with Old Frisian bīdia, Old Saxon bīdan, Old High German bītan, Old Norse bītha, Gothic beidan, Latin fīdere, Greek peíthesthai to trust, rely < Indo-European *bheidh-; the meaning apparently developed: have trust > endure > wait > abide > remain
Related forms
bid·er, noun
Synonyms
3. stay, linger, tarry.
3. stay, linger, tarry.
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| —vb , bides, biding, bided, bode, bided | |
| 1. | archaic, dialect or (intr) to continue in a certain place or state; stay |
| 2. | archaic, dialect or (intr) to live; dwell |
| 3. | archaic, dialect or (tr) to tolerate; endure |
| 4. | (Scot) bide a wee to stay a little |
| 5. | (Scot) bide by to abide by |
| 6. | bide one's time to wait patiently for an opportunity |
| [Old English bīdan; related to Old Norse bītha to wait, Gothic beidan, Old High German bītan] | |
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Bided
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bide
O.E. bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate of O.N. biða, O.Fris. bidia, Goth. beidan "to wait"), apparently from PIE *bheidh-, an extended stem of one root of O.E. biddan (see bid), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust"
(cf. Gk. peithein "to persuade," pistis "faith;" L. fidere "to trust," foedus "compact, treaty," O.C.S. 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.
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Example sentences
He bided his time, slipped out of traps, and made secret plans.
If removal or pruning is required, the tree will be placed on a list to be bided on by certified tree contractors.
F or a billion years, the atom bided time locked in a limestone shelf deep underground.
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