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Yes. The word bide is a Scrabble US word. The word bide is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bide is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BIDE,DIEB,

3-letter words (7 found)

BED,BID,DEB,DEI,DIB,DIE,IDE,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,BI,DE,DI,ED,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from bide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bide

bide ibde bdie dbie idbe dibe bied ibed beid ebid iebd eibd bdei dbei bedi ebdi debi edbi ideb dieb iedb eidb deib edib

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Definitions and meaning of bide

bide

Etymology

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /baɪd/
  • (US)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

bide (third-person singular simple present bides, present participle biding, simple past bode or bided, past participle bided or bidden)

  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
  3. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  4. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  5. (transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.

Usage notes

  • The verb has been replaced by abide in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression bide one's time.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bide.

Synonyms

  • (to bear): put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
  • (to dwell or reside in a location): live; See also Thesaurus:reside
  • (to wait): stand by; See also Thesaurus:wait
  • (to wait for): await; See also Thesaurus:wait for

Derived terms

  • bide one's time
  • bide tryst
  • abide

Related terms

  • bid
  • faith
  • fidelity

Translations

Anagrams

  • Bedi, EBID, dieb

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bide/ [bi.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: bi‧de

Etymology 1

Noun

bide inan

  1. path, track, way
  2. way, manner, method, procedure
  3. journey
  4. line
Declension
Derived terms
  • bidea galdu
  • bideari lotu
  • bide eman
  • labur bide

Etymology 2

Particle

bide

  1. apparently, seemingly
    Galdu bide gara. ― It seems like we're lost.

Further reading

  • "bide" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “bide” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bitæ, from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, cognate with English bite, German bissen, Dutch bijten. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), cf. Latin findō (“to cleave”), fissiō (“breaking up”) (hence fission).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥iːðə]
  • Rhymes: -iːdə

Verb

bide (imperative bid, infinitive at bide, present tense bider, past tense bed, perfect tense har bidt)

  1. bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)

Conjugation

French

Etymology

From bidon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bid/
  • Rhymes: -id

Noun

bide m (plural bides)

  1. fiasco, flop
  2. (colloquial) paunch, belly
  3. (uncountable) Something fake

Synonyms

  • (fiasco): fiasco, flop, four
  • (belly): bedaine, brioche, panse
  • (something fake): bidon

Derived terms

  • faire un bide

Further reading

  • “bide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

bide

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ビデ

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bide n (definite singular bideet, indefinite plural bide or bideer, definite plural bidea or bideene)

  1. alternative spelling of bidé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bíða.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²biː.də/

Verb

bide (present tense bid, past tense beid, supine bide, past participle biden, present participle bidande, imperative bid)

  1. (intransitive) to exist
    Synonym: vere til

Etymology 2

From French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈdeː/

Noun

bide n (definite singular bideet, indefinite plural bide, definite plural bidea)

  1. alternative spelling of bidé

References

  • “bide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • bidé, bedi, beid

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bīdan, from Proto-Germanic.

Verb

bide

  1. to dwell, to live
    Tae bide somewhaur: to dwell somewhere.
    Tae bide: to dwell.
    Whaur dae ye bide?: where do you live?
  2. to stay, to remain
    "Bide and fecht!" (traditional Scots phrase meaning "Stay and fight!")

Derived terms

bydand

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bidet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐdeː/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧de

Noun

bìdē m (Cyrillic spelling бѝде̄)

  1. bidet

Declension

References

  • “bide” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Source: wiktionary.org