ABIDE

(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism", "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks", "he learned to tolerate the heat", "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
synonyms : bear , brook , digest , endure , put up , stand , stick out , stomach , suffer , support , tolerate
She was generally very tolerant but the one thing she could not abide was hypocrisy. -added by geeta_inlas

-tagged by learner_md

Why should I always abide by the rules??
(verb) dwell
"You can stay with me while you are in town", "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
synonyms : bide , stay
He really wished to abide a few more days in that mansion. -added by geeta_inlas

Selected Mnemonic for abide

(Tag: Global) bide in abide sounds like bind(something that binds you).....so abide means that fails to bind you from your heart..but you merely have to tolerate
added by Gurpreet

Mnemonics for abide

(Tag: ) a+bride(bide)genrally guyz loose their independence aftr d marriage bcoz f their bride...so as to bear them n their principles...so abide counts to bear sthng or hate sthng...
added by vaibhavagar Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) abi(abhi"name of a person")+the second part sounds like hide(abhi hides from his stupid friends....because he cant tolerate them.
added by preetisoni2411 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) abide : concentrate on bide it sounds like hide,to escape you hide as u can't bear them lik that
added by diselv Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) Not to upset the host I took A BITE of the cake although I can barely tolerate chocolate.
added by Phoenix Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) abhi hides himself in d(THE) well(DWELL)......
added by dimplegirl_p Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) a + (bide)= bride= wife= tolerate= bear
added by mehulmistry4 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) "The dude Abides" - from the movie "The big Lebowski"
added by rit_k007 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) put up with your bride.
added by mylist Edit Mnemonic

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