Main Entry: bide

Pronunciation: \ˈbīd\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): bode \ˈbōd\ or bid·ed; bided; bid·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bīdan; akin to Old High German bītan to wait, Latin fidere to trust, Greek peithesthai to believe

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb 1 past usually bided : to wait for —used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time
2 archaic : withstand <two men…might bide the winter storm — W. C. Bryant>
3 chiefly dialect : to put up with : tolerateintransitive verb 1 : to continue in a state or condition
2 : to wait awhile : tarry
3 : to continue in a place : sojourn

— bid·er noun