bide

See also:bidé,bidè,bidê,bidę,bídě,andBide

English

WOTD – 15 September 2008

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishbiden,fromOld Englishbīdan(“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”),fromProto-West Germanic*bīdan(“to wait”),fromProto-Germanic*bīdaną(“to wait”),fromProto-Indo-European*bʰéydʰeti,from*bʰeydʰ-(“to command, persuade, compel, trust”).Latinate cognates (via PIE) includefaithandfidelity.

Pronunciation

• (UK,General American)IPA^(key):/baɪd/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-aɪd

Verb

bide(third-person singular simple presentbides,present participlebiding,simple pastbodeorbided,past participlebidedorbidden)

1. (transitive,now chieflydialectal)Tobear;toendure;totolerate.
   • c.1570,anonymous author,Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes:

     And doubting naught right courteous all, in your accustomed wont: And gentle ears, our author he is prest tobidethe brunt

2. (transitive,archaic)Tofacewithresistance;toencounter;towithstand.
   • c.1587–1588,[Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great.[…]The First Part[…],2nd edition, part 1, London:[…][R. Robinson for]Richard Iones,[…],published1592,→OCLC;reprinted asTamburlaine the Great(A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act I, scene ii:

     Tech[elles].I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? /Tam[burlaine].Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, / Myſelfe willbidethe danger of the brunt.

3. (intransitive,archaicordialectal)Todwellorresidein a location; toabide.
   • 1667,John Milton,“(please specify the page number)”,inParadise Lost.[…],London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC;republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…],London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC:

     All knees to thee shall bow of them thatbide/ In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.

   • 1902January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, inThe Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales,Edinburgh, London:William Blackwood and Sons,published1902,→OCLC,page254:

     John Dodds, the herd whobodein the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late.

4. (intransitive,archaicordialectal)Towait;to be in expectation; tostay;toremain.
   • 1859,Alfred Tennyson,“Elaine”, inIdylls of the King,London:Edward Moxon & Co.,[…],→OCLC,page168:

     And thither wending there that night theybode.

   • 1902January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, inThe Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales,Edinburgh, London:William Blackwood and Sons,published1902,→OCLC,page252:

     "Bidehere, "he says," and birl the wine till I return. This is a ploy of my own on which no man follows me. "

   • 1913,Fred E. Weatherly,Danny Boy:

     It’s you, it’s you must go and I mustbide.

5. (transitive,archaic)Towaitfor; toawait.

Usage notes

• The verb has been replaced byabidein Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expressionbide one's time.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, seeCitations:bide.

Synonyms

• (to bear):put up with;See alsoThesaurus:tolerate
• (to dwell or reside in a location):live;See alsoThesaurus:reside
• (to wait):stand by;See alsoThesaurus:wait
• (to wait for):await;See alsoThesaurus:wait for

Derived terms

• abide
• bide one's time
• bide tryst
• overbide
• unbidable

Related terms

• bid
• faith
• fidelity

Translations

(intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain

• Bulgarian:ча́кам(bg)(čákam),изча́квам(bg)(izčákvam),оста́вам(bg)(ostávam)
• Czech:čekat(cs)impf,vyčkávatimpf
• Finnish:vartoa(fi)
• Korean:때를 기다리다(ttaereul gidarida)
• Russian:ждать(ru)(ždatʹ),ожида́ть(ru)(ožidátʹ)
• Swedish:bida(sv)

To dwell or reside

• Czech:prodlévatimpf,dlítimpf

Anagrams

• Bedi,EBID,dieb

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bide/[bi.ð̞e]
• Rhymes:-ide
• Hyphenation:bi‧de

Etymology 1

Noun

bideinan

1. path,track,way
2. way,manner,method,procedure
3. journey
4. line

Declension

Declension ofbide(inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bide	bidea	bideak
ergative	bidek	bideak	bideek
dative	bideri	bideari	bideei
genitive	bideren	bidearen	bideen
comitative	biderekin	bidearekin	bideekin
causative	biderengatik	bidearengatik	bideengatik
benefactive	biderentzat	bidearentzat	bideentzat
instrumental	bidez	bideaz	bideez
inessive	bidetan	bidean	bideetan
locative	bidetako	bideko	bideetako
allative	bidetara	bidera	bideetara
terminative	bidetaraino	bideraino	bideetaraino
directive	bidetarantz	biderantz	bideetarantz
destinative	bidetarako	biderako	bideetarako
ablative	bidetatik	bidetik	bideetatik
partitive	biderik	—	—
prolative	bidetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• bidea galdu
• bideari lotu
• bide eman
• labur bide

Etymology 2

Particle

bide

1. apparently,seemingly

   Galdubidegara.―It seems likewe're lost.

Further reading

• “bide”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia
• “bide”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia[General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Danish

Etymology

FromOld Danishbitæ,fromOld Norsebíta,fromProto-Germanic*bītaną,cognate withEnglishbite,Germanbissen,Dutchbijten.The Germanic verb goes back toProto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”),cf.Latinfindō(“to cleave”),fissiō(“breaking up”)(hencefission).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈb̥iːðə]
• Rhymes:-iːdə

Verb

bide(imperativebid,infinitiveatbide,present tensebider,past tensebed,perfect tenseharbidt)

1. bite(to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

Conjugation

Inflection ofbide

	present	past
simple	bider	bed
perfect	harbidt	havdebidt
passive	bides	—
participle	bidende	bidt
imperative	bid	—
infinitive	bide	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	biden	—

French

Etymology

Frombidon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bid/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-id

Noun

bidem(pluralbides)

1. fiasco,flop
2. (colloquial)paunch,belly
3. (uncountable)Somethingfake

Synonyms

• (fiasco):fiasco,flop,four
• (belly):bedaine,brioche,panse
• (something fake):bidon

Derived terms

• faire un bide

Further reading

• “bide”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Japanese

Romanization

bide

1. Rōmajitranscription ofビデ

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

biden(definite singularbideet,indefinite pluralbideorbideer,definite pluralbideaorbideene)

1. alternative spelling ofbidé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsebíða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²biː.də/

Verb

bide(present tensebid,past tensebeid,supinebide,past participlebiden,present participlebidande,imperativebid)

1. (intransitive)toexist

   Synonym:vere til

Etymology 2

FromFrench.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biˈdeː/

Noun

biden(definite singularbideet,indefinite pluralbide,definite pluralbidea)

1. alternative spelling ofbidé

References

• “bide”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bidé,bedi,beid

Old English

Verb

bīde

1. inflection ofbīdan:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. singularpresentsubjunctive

Scots

Etymology

FromOld Englishbīdan,fromProto-Germanic.

Verb

bide

1. todwell,tolive

   Tae bide somewhaur: to dwell somewhere.

   Tae bide: to dwell.

   Whaur dae ye bide?: where do you live?

2. tostay,toremain

   "Bide andfecht!"(traditional Scots phrase meaning" Stay and fight! ")

Derived terms

bydand

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

FromFrenchbidet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bǐdeː/
• Hyphenation:bi‧de

Noun

bìdēm(Cyrillic spellingбѝде̄)

1. bidet

Declension

Declension ofbide

	singular	plural
nominative	bìdē	bidèi
genitive	bidèa	bidéā
dative	bideu	bideima
accusative	bide	bidee
vocative	bideu / bidee	bidei
locative	bideu	bideima
instrumental	bideom	bideima

References

• “bide”,inHrvatski jezični portal[Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025