Definition of abides in English

Part of speech

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abides, verb, present, 3rd person singular of abide (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb
abide - 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"
		digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up
		countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
		live with, swallow, accept believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
		hold still for, stand for tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"
		bear up endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
		take lying down suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down"
		take a joke listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?"
		sit out endure to the end
		pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
		suffer feel pain or be in pain
abide - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
		bide, stay
		stay on, remain, continue, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
		archaicism, archaism the use of an archaic expression
		visit assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
		overstay, outstay stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome"

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

abide (v. i.)
To wait; to pause; to delay.
abide (v. i.)
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
abide (v. i.)
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
abide (v. t.)
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
abide (v. t.)
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
abide (v. t.)
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
abide (v. t.)
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

abide
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to continue to exist or occur without interference; accept or undergo, often unwillingly.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

abide
a-bīd′, v.t. to bide or wait for: to endure: to tolerate.—v.i. to remain in a place, dwell or stay:—pa.t. and pa.p. abōde′.—n. Abid′ance.—adj. Abid′ing, continual.—n. an enduring.—adv. Abid′ingly. [A.S. ábídan—pfx. á- (= Goth. us = Ger. er), and bídan, to wait.]
abide
a-bīd′, v.t. (Shak. and Milton) to redeem, pay the penalty for, suffer. [M. E. abyen, confounded with Abide. See Aby.]