ABIDE (abode)
Dictionary entry overview: What does abide mean?
• ABIDE (verb)
The verb ABIDE has 2 senses:
1. dwell
2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Familiarity information: ABIDE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABIDE (verb)
Meaning:
Dwell
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
abide; bide; stay
Context examples:
You can stay with me while you are in town / stay a bit longer--the day is still young
Hypernyms (to "abide" is one way to...):
continue; remain; stay; stay on (continue in a place, position, or situation)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abide"):
visit (stay with as a guest)
outstay; overstay (stay too long)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
tolerate; brook; endure; abide; stomach; stick out; digest; bear; put up; suffer; stand; support
Context 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
Hypernyms (to "abide" is one way to...):
allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abide"):
accept; live with; swallow (tolerate or accommodate oneself to)
pay (bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action)
sit out (endure to the end)
submit; take; undergo (accept or undergo, often unwillingly)
take a joke (listen to a joke at one's one expense)
take lying down (suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively)
bear up (endure cheerfully)
hold still for; stand for (tolerate or bear)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot abide Sue
