Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biding

/ˈbaɪdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: bid-ing
IPA: /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An awaiting; expectation.

noun

Residence; habitation.

Archaic

verb

present participle and gerund of bide

Example Sentences

"I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: biding
Suffix: bide

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

bidings (plural)

Rhymes With

providing riding hiding deciding sliding guiding dividing residing siding presiding abiding gliding

Questions

How do you pronounce biding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/.
What does biding mean?: An awaiting; expectation.
Where does biding come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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