Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

bide

bide \'bi-d\ \'bo-d\ vb or bode or bid.ed;  or bided or bid.ing [ME biden, 
   fr. OE bi-dan; akin to OHG bi-tan to wait, L] fidere to trust, Gk 
   peithesthai to believe 1: to continue in a state or condition  2: WAIT, 
   TARRY  3: ABIDE, SOJOURN  past usu bided  1: to wait for {~ one's time}  
   archaic  2: to encounter and resist : WITHSTAND  chiefly dial  3: to put up 
   with : TOLERATE  - bid.er n