What does "chide" mean?
Chide: Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
Additional senses
- 2.To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. Ex. xvii.
- 3.2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak.
- 4.A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. Thomson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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