Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An awaiting; expectation.
  • noun Residence; habitation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Residence; habitation.

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  • verb Present participle of bide.
  • noun archaic residence; habitation

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Examples

  • Scanning a 70 year old magazine that's has printing all the way to the inner margin with a really tight biding is still a pain in the ass, but without the glass flush to the edge of the scanner it would be nearly impossible.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • I cannot better bid farewell to all woes and pains and intolerable distresses, and to the hell of the amorous woman, than in biding farewell to you, madam, without the least prospect that wherever you or I may be we shall ever look upon each other more.

    The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre 1855

  • I'm not crazy about any of them, so I'm kind of biding my time right now, looking for something real nice.

    CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2004 2004

  • COTTLE: Well, right now, I think Democrats, especially publicly, are just kind of biding their time.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Election 2000: The Florida Vote - November 28, 2000 2000

  • '' We're just kind of biding our time until the economy goes in the right direction, '' he said.

    unknown title 2009

  • '' We're just kind of biding our time until the economy goes in the right direction, '' he said.

    unknown title 2009

  • "I was just kind of biding my time there at the end - probably a little too much," said Rosenboom of Rock Rapids, Iowa.

    unknown title 2009

  • I had another, larger reason for biding my time: I felt I needed to make a fresh start with voters.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I had another, larger reason for biding my time: I felt I needed to make a fresh start with voters.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I had another, larger reason for biding my time: I felt I needed to make a fresh start with voters.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

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