Dictionary Definition
abide
Verb
1 dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in
town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, stay]
2 put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
"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" [syn:
digest, endure, stick out,
stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up] [also:
abode]abode
Noun
1 any address at which you dwell more than
temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence]
2 housing that someone is living in; "he built a
modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes
for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, habitation, dwelling
house]abode See abide
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
From abad, abood, from abiden, "to abide". See abide. For the change of vowel, compare abode, imp. of abide.Noun
- Act of waiting;
delay.
- And with her fled away without abode. - Spenser
- Stay or continuance in a place;
sojourn.
- He waxeth at your abode here. - Fielding
- (slightly dated) Place of continuance, or where one dwells;
abiding place;
residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
- Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. - Wordsworth
Translations
obsolete: act of waiting
- Dutch: wachten
- Finnish: viivytys
- German: verweile, warten
- Russian: задержка, промедление
stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
- Dutch: verblijf
- Finnish: oleskelu
- German: verweile
- Rusaian: пребывание
slightly dated: residence
- ttbc French: demeure
- ttbc Vietnamese: nơi ở, sự ở lại, sự lưu lại
Verb
abode- past of abide
Noun
- An omen.
- High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - Chapman
Anagrams
Extensive Definition
Abode may refer to:
- House, a human-built dwelling with enclosing walls, a floor, and a roof
- World of Two Moons, a fictional Earth-type planet featured in the comic book Elfquest
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abiding, accommodation, area, bearings, bench mark, billet, cohabitation, commorancy, diggings, digs, district, domicile, dwelling, emplacement, habitancy, habitation, hole, home, house, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, latitude and
longitude, lieu, living, locale, locality, location, locus, lodging, nesting, occupancy, occupation, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, quarters, region, residence, residency, residing, site, situation, situs, sojourning, spot, squatting, staying, staying over, stead, stopping, tenancy, whereabout, whereabouts