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biding¹

  • /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English biding, bydyng, equivalent to bide + -ing.

noun bidings

  1. An awaiting; expectation. I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter.
  2. archaic Residence; habitation. For they brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harborough, where wee saw their women and lodging, which is nothing but the skin of some beast layd upon the ground : and over them in stead of houses, is nothing but five or sixe sticks layd acrosse, which stand upon two forkes with stic

biding²

  • /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bide

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"biding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/biding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{biding_2026,
  title = {biding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/biding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}