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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chide \Chide\ (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Chid} (ch[i^]d), or {Chode} (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. {Chidden}, {Chid}; p. pr & vb n. {Chiding}.] [AS. c[=i]dan; of unknown origin.] 1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with Upbraided, chid, and rated at --Shak. 2. Fig.: To be noisy 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. Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chide \Chide\, v. i. 1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. --Ex. xvii. 2. 2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chide \Chide\, n. [AS. c[=i]d] A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. --Thomson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chide v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {check}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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