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bid
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n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
[syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]
2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for
power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid,
play]
3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid,
tender]
4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to
contract to make [syn: bid, bidding]
v 1: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender]
2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn:
wish, bid]
3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat,
adjure, press, conjure]
4: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
"He called his trump" [syn: bid, call]
5: make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid
for the attention of the poor population"
6: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite,
bid]
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forbid
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v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed
our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict,
proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow,
countenance, let, permit]
2: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of
tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects
precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid]
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grid
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n 1: a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
2: a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is
distributed throughout a region [syn: power system, power
grid, grid]
3: a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage
battery as a conductor and support for the active material
[syn: grid, storage-battery grid]
4: an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum
tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube [syn:
grid, control grid]
5: a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish
or meat [syn: grid, gridiron]
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id
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n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State,
ID]
2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show
your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.]
3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying
all psychic activity
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kid
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n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster,
minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
2: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid
gloves" [syn: kid, kidskin]
3: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas
Kyd, Thomas Kid]
4: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had
three children"; "they were able to send their kids to
college" [syn: child, kid] [ant: parent]
5: young goat
v 1: tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my
leg?" [syn: pull the leg of, kid]
2: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh,
banter]
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lid
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n 1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or
open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn:
eyelid, lid, palpebra]
2: a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the
opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he
raised the piano lid"
3: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped
crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau, lid]
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mid
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adj 1: used in combination to denote the middle; "midmorning";
"midsummer"; "in mid-1958"; "a mid-June wedding"
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quid
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound,
British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid]
2: something for something; that which a party receives (or is
promised) in return for something he does or gives or
promises [syn: quid pro quo, quid]
3: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw,
cud, quid, plug, wad]
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rid
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v 1: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free,
disembarrass]
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skid
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n 1: one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or
sliding objects
2: a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved
hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's
rotation [syn: brake shoe, shoe, skid]
3: an unexpected slide [syn: skid, slip, sideslip]
v 1: slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the
wet road"
2: elevate onto skids
3: apply a brake or skid to
4: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
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squid
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n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid,
calamari, calamary]
2: widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk
having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
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cid
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n 1: the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency
responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for
all levels of the Army anywhere in the world [syn:
Criminal Investigation Command, CID]
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kidd
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n 1: Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British
shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy
and hanged (1645-1701) [syn: Kidd, William Kidd,
Captain Kidd]
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kyd
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n 1: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas
Kyd, Thomas Kid]
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madrid
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n 1: the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain;
home of an outstanding art museum [syn: Madrid, capital
of Spain, Spanish capital]
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amid
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did
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hid
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slid
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undid
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cyd
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kidde
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sid
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majid
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rebid
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redid
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counterbid
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adid
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schmid
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smid
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chid
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