Chide , n. [AS. cīd]
A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide
of streams.
Thomson.
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.
Chide (chīd), v. t. [imp. Chid (ch&ibreve;d), or Chode (chīd Obs.);
p. p.
Chidden (?), Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.]
[AS.
cīdan; 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.
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