abide
About 2.91 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To endure without yielding; to withstand. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
- verb To bear patiently.
"I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
- verb To pay for; to take the consequences of.
- verb Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
- verb To wait in expectation.
- verb To pause; to delay.
- verb To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- verb To have one's abode.
Similar words
bide brook endure stay tolerate stand put up suffer stomach bear
Often followed by
by in the with there for and to a
Word family
abided abider abiders abides abiding abode
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