bide

«bide» in Mova's school dictionary: to stay or live in a place; to bide your time is to wait… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (bide, bides, bided, biding)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) To bide is to stay or live in a place; to bide your time is to wait patiently until the right moment. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales a character asks why someone did not bide at home, that is, did not stay at home

examples

• Why didn't you bide at home? tree →
• The cat bides in the barn all winter. tree →
• Bide your time and the chance will come. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bide» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.