verb

1. To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

   "The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."

2. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

3. To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

4. To wait in expectation.

5. To pause; to delay.

6. To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

7. To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.

8. To endure; to remain; to last.

9. To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

10. To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

11. To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.