Dictionary Entry
abide
abide is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To wait; to pause; to delay. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To wait; to pause; to delay.
- 2intransitive verb
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
- 3intransitive verb
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
- 4transitive verb
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
- 5transitive verb
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
- 6transitive verb
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
- 7transitive verb
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
- 8verb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
- 9verb
dwell
"You can stay with me while you are in town"
"stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
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