abide | ||
1. | [ verb ] dwell (archaic) | |
Synonyms: | stay bide | |
Examples: | "You can stay with me while you are in town" "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
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Related terms: | stay overstay visit archaism | |
2. | [ verb ] put up with something or somebody unpleasant | |
Synonyms: | bear stand suffer tolerate endure put_up brook stick_out digest support stomach | |
Examples: | "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
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Related terms: | permit take pay accept stand_for bear_up take_lying_down take_a_joke sit_out suffer endurance tolerance toleration | |
Similar spelling: |
abode Abadie abet abed Abdo Abdi Abad aboiteau abate Abadi Abeyta Abeita Abbitt Abt Abboud Abbate |