biding

See also: bìdìng

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪdɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

biding (plural bidings)

  1. An awaiting; expectation.
    • 2007, Debrena Jackson Gandy, All the Joy You Can Stand:
      I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter.
  2. (archaic) Residence; habitation
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • Hakluyt
      They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harbour.
    • 1776, Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore:
      At Antwerp has my constant biding been, [...]

Etymology 2

From bide +‎ -ing.

Verb

biding

  1. present participle of bide

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bidding.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ding

Noun

biding

  1. a contract bidding
  2. an auction
  3. a bidding; the act of placing a bid
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