bide
verb /baɪd/
/baɪd/
[intransitive] (old use)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bide | /baɪd/ /baɪd/ |
| he / she / it bides | /baɪdz/ /baɪdz/ |
| past simple bided | /ˈbaɪdɪd/ /ˈbaɪdɪd/ |
| past participle bided | /ˈbaɪdɪd/ /ˈbaɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form biding | /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/ /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/ |
- (also abide)to stay or live in a placeOxford Collocations DictionaryBide is used with these nouns as the object:
- time
Word OriginOld English bīdan, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
bide your time
- to wait for the right time to do something
- He decided to bide his time until he got an opportunity to talk to her alone.