1. bid - Noun
2. bid - Verb
3. bid - Adverb
of Bid
To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).
To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.
To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
To invite; to call in; to request to come.
imp. & p. p. of Bid.
An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.
To pray.
To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. Thomas Jefferson
When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. Isaac Watts
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Kahlil Gibran
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Rudyard Kipling
Don't bid the devil good day till you meet him. Irish Proverb
You cannot climb a bid of success with your hands tied up. African Proverb