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# abide

«abide» in Mova's school dictionary: **In «can't abide» / «cannot abide»: to dislike someone or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (abide, abides, abided or abode, abiding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In «can't abide» / «cannot abide»: to dislike someone or something so much that you cannot put up with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#m1)

2) In «abide by»: to obey or follow a rule, law or decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#m2)

3) (old-fashioned, Bible) To live or stay somewhere; to remain: «Abide with me». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: «Pupils must abide by the rules.» In everyday speech: «I can't abide cold tea.» In church and the Bible: the hymn «Abide with Me» (sung at football cup finals in England) and «Now abide faith, hope, love» (1 Corinthians 13). Old stories use «abide» for «stay». Phrases: «abide by», «can't abide», «law-abiding».

### examples

- Everyone must abide by the rules of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#x1)
- I can't abide people who are rude to waiters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#x2)
- «Abide with me» is a famous hymn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#x3)
- The players agreed to abide by the referee's decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#x4)
- The Badger could not abide parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#x5)
- A law-abiding citizen obeys the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/#x6)

### note

Past: «abided» (modern) or «abode» (old). Mostly used in fixed phrases; in everyday speech say «stand» (I can't stand…) or «follow» (follow the rules). Adjective: abiding (lasting).

### In the corpora

- [From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.470/)
- [And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.894/)
- [So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.45/)
- [Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.139/)
- [Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.140/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.