Meaning & use
Bided
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Waited patiently for an opportune moment, especially in the phrase "bided one's time."
See it in a sentence
She bided her time before confronting her boss about the missed promotion.
The army bided its time in the hills before launching a surprise attack.
A note on using this word
"Bided" survives almost exclusively in the fixed phrase "bide one's time," making it one of the few contexts where this older form of "wait" still appears in modern English.
Words with a similar meaning
waitedlingered
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Words with an opposite meaning
rushedhurried
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