Word Meanings - BIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth,

Additional info about word: BIDE

biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton. 2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BIDE)

• Walt
• Stay
• tarry
• rest
• stop
• bide
• expect

Related words: (words related to BIDE)

• TARRY
  Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
• EXPECTATION
  The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age. Syn. -- Anticipation; confidence; trust. (more info) 1. The act
• EXPECT
  1. To wait for; to await. Let's in, and there expect their coming. Shak. 2. To look for ; to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look
• EXPECTORANT
  Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n.
• EXPECTANT
  Waiting in expectation; looking for;
• EXPECTANCE; EXPECTANCY
  1. The act of expecting ; expectation. Milton. 2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak. Estate in expectancy , one the possession of which
• EXPECTABLE
  That may be expected or looked for. Sir T. Browne.
• EXPECTORATIVE
  See HARVEY
• EXPECTORATE
  To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
• EXPECTIVE
  Expectative. Shipley.
• EXPECTER
  One who expects.
• EXPECTORATION
  1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting. 2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
• EXPECTATIVE
  Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. Expectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe.
• EXPECTEDLY
  In conformity with expectation. Walpole.
• EXPECTINGLY
  In state of expectation.
• INEXPECTABLE
  Not to be expected or anticipated. Bp. Hall.
• UNEXPECTATION
  Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.
• UNEXPECTED
  Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
• INEXPECTED
  Unexpected.
• PREEXPECTATION
  Previous expectation.
• STARRY
  1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the starry sky." Pope. 2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and
• INEXPECTEDLY
  Unexpectedly.
• INEXPECTANT
  Not expectant. C. Bronté.