EGAVE

abide

About 2.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To endure without yielding; to withstand. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
  2. verb To bear patiently.
    "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
  3. verb To pay for; to take the consequences of.
  4. 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.
  5. verb To wait in expectation.
  6. verb To pause; to delay.
  7. verb To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
  8. 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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