(Irregular preterit, past participle: bid; or: bade).
1. To ask for or request earnestly; SYN. beseech, entreat, adjure, press.
2. To make a bid for.
3. To make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; SYN. call.
1. To put forward for consideration
2. To make available or accessible, provide or furnish
3. To offer verbally:; SYN. extend.
4. To present as an act of worship; SYN. offer up.
5. To present for acceptance or rejection; SYN. proffer.
6. To produce or introduce on the stage;King Lea
7. To propose a payment; as at sales or auctions; SYN. bid, tender.
8. To make available for sale
9. To threaten to do something:
1. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of
2. To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
1. To determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp. by including a proviso condition
2. To provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance; SYN. supply, ply, cater.