US /bild/ UK /biːld/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    (Scots/Northern English) shelter or refuge; to provide shelter

    The shepherd sought bield from the storm behind a stone wall.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · (scots/northern english)... shelterrefugeprotectioncoverhaven
Opposites
Word family
Related forms boldbuild

Etymology

From Old English bield / byldu ('boldness, courage, protection'), related to bold; in Scots and Northern English it developed the sense 'shelter, refuge'.

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