Definition of bid

"bid" in the noun sense

1. command, bid, bidding, dictation

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

2. bid, play

an attempt to get something

"they made a futile play for power"

"he made a bid to gain attention"

3. bid, tender

a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

4. bid, bidding

bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

"bid" in the verb sense

1. offer, bid, tender

propose a payment

"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

2. wish, bid

invoke upon

"wish you a nice evening"

"bid farewell"

3. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure

ask for or request earnestly

"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

4. bid, call

make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

"He called his trump"

5. bid

make a serious effort to attain something

"His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"

6. invite, bid

ask someone in a friendly way to do something

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Quotations for bid

Father! forgive the heart that clings
Thus trembling to the things of time,
And bid my soul, on angel's wings
Ascend into a purer clime. [ Jane Roscoe ]

O, call back yesterday, bid time return. [ William Shakespeare ]

Now sunk the sun; the closing hour of day,
Came onward, mantled over with sober grey;
Nature in silence bid the world repose. [ Parnell ]

But shapes that come not at an earthly call,
Will not depart when mortal voices bid. [ Wordsworth ]

Here I and sorrows sit: Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. [ William Shakespeare ]

When I say, Be not a miser, I do not bid you become a worthless prodigal. [ Horace ]

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence. [ La Fontaine ]

Bid that welcome which comes to punish us, and we punish it, seeming to bear it lightly. [ William Shakespeare ]

Bid the cheek be ready with a blush, modest as Morning when she coldly eyes the youthful Phoebus. [ William Shakespeare ]

Learn to dispense with things, O friend, bid defiance to pain and death, and no god on Olympus breathes more freely than thou. [ Bürger ]

O, be sick, great greatness, and bid thy ceremony give thee cure! Thinkest thou the fiery fever will go out with titles blown from adulation? [ William Shakespeare ]

I put myself, my experiences, my observations, my heart and soul into my work. I press my soul upon the white paper. The writer who does this may have any style, he or she will find the hearts of their readers. Writing a book involves, not a waste, but a great expenditure of vital force. Yet I can assure you I have written the last lines of most of my stories with tears. The characters of my own creation had become dear to me. I could not bear to bid them good-bye and send them away from me into the wide world. [ Amelia E. Barr, The Art of Authorship, 1891 ]

bid in Scrabble®

The word bid is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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bid in Words With Friends™

The word bid is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of bid

2 letter words in bid (1 word)

3 letter words in bid (1 word)

bid + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence bid

Words with bid in them (153 words)

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