bides
Lingers with patience
Bides is the third-person singular of bide, an old verb meaning to wait or remain.
The word survives mainly in the phrase bide one's time—to wait patiently for the right moment: She bides her time until the opportunity arrives.
Outside this expression, bide sounds archaic or dialectal.
Stays for something
- enduresContinues despite hardship
- lingersRemains beyond expected time
- remainsContinues in place
- staysRemains in place
tarries · sits tight · holds on · tolerates · perseveres · outlasts · weathers · withstands
Remains in expectation
- expectsAssumes as likely
- watchesPortable personal clocks
- readiesMakes something prepared
- preparesMakes ready beforehand
hopes · contemplates · envisions · foresees · prospects · stands by · holds out · banks on
waits
Stays for something
stays · tarries · sits tight · holds on · tolerates · perseveres · outlasts · weathers · withstands · bears
awaits
Remains in expectation
prepares · hopes · contemplates · envisions · foresees · prospects · stands by · holds out · banks on · counts on
calculates
Performs mathematical operations
maneuvers · positions · lurks · opportunistic · cunning · shrewd · tactical · deliberate · measured · coiled
- bides time
- biding timeDelaying action strategically
- bide one's timeWait for opportunity
- biding one's timePatiently awaiting opportunity
- bide your timeDelay action until opportune
- bided one's timeWaited for right moment
forbidden, abiding, abide, forbidding, bide, forbids, biding, outbids, abides