Biding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Biding is a noun meaning An awaiting; expectation.
Meaning
An awaiting; expectation.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of bide
- (archaic) Residence; habitation.
Example Sentences
I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter.
A moſt poore man, made tame to Fortunes blows Who, by the Art of knowne, and feeling ſorrowes, Am pregnant to good pity. Giue me your hand, Ile lead you to ſome biding.
No, gracious Lady, Flanders claims my Birth; / At Antwerp has my conſtant biding been, / Where ſometimes I have known more plenteous Days / Than thoſe which now my failing Age affords.
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 stickes on the ground and a fewe boughes layd on it.
Word Forms
- bidings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dictation, call, command, offer, invite, adjure.
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