Definition of bide
1
past tense usually bided
: to wait for
—used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time is biding his time before asking for a raise
3
chiefly dialectal
: to put up with : tolerate
… couldn't bide children on his place …— J. W. Riley
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The first known use of bide was before the 12th century
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