Words that rhyme with outdid

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]

adj 1: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight- from-the-shoulder] 2: informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview" 3: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" [syn: candid, open, heart-to-heart]

adj 1: encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" [syn: candied, sugar-coated] 2: (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar [syn: candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace]

adj 1: not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts" [syn: discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied]

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]

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]

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

n 1: large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

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]

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]

adj 1: used in combination to denote the middle; "midmorning"; "midsummer"; "in mid-1958"; "a mid-June wedding"

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]

v 1: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass]

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]

adj 1: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" [syn: seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid] 2: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" [syn: dirty, sordid] 3: foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" [syn: flyblown, squalid, sordid] 4: meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous] 2: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" [syn: excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid] 3: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn: brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]

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

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]

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]

n 1: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Kid]

n 1: the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum [syn: Madrid, capital of Spain, Spanish capital]

n 1: a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) [syn: cyanamide, cyanamid]