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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chide \Chide\, n. [AS. c[=i]d] A continuous noise or murmur.

The chide of streams. --Thomson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)