English Dictionary

bide

/baɪd/

verb

(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate. / (transitive, archaic) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.

I will bide my time and wait for the perfect opportunity.

意味（1）

(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

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

意味（2）

(transitive, archaic) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.

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

意味（3）

(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.

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

意味（4）

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

And thither wending there that night they bode.

意味（5）

(transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.