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• for|bid´ding|ness — for|bid|ding «fuhr BIHD ihng», adjective. causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant; grim: »The coast was rocky and forbidding.…an elderly man of remarkably hard features and forbidding aspect (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): disagreeable,… …   Useful english dictionary

• for|bid´ding|ly — for|bid|ding «fuhr BIHD ihng», adjective. causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant; grim: »The coast was rocky and forbidding.…an elderly man of remarkably hard features and forbidding aspect (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): disagreeable,… …   Useful english dictionary

• for|bid|ding — «fuhr BIHD ihng», adjective. causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant; grim: »The coast was rocky and forbidding.…an elderly man of remarkably hard features and forbidding aspect (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): disagreeable, repulsive,… …   Useful english dictionary

• ding — bid·ding; boe·del·hou·ding; boe·del·schei·ding; brob·ding·nag·ian; clad·ding; cod·ding·ton; ding; ding·ey; ding·man; eil·ding; el·ding; fad·ding; for·bid·ding; gaul·ding; had·ding·ton·shire; hai·ding·er·ite; har·ding·grass; hum·ding·er; jed·ding; …   English syllables

• bid — 1 / bid/ vb bid, bid·ding vt: to offer (a price) for payment or acceptance vi: to make a bid: state what one will pay or take in payment a contractor bidding for a job bid·der n bid 2 …   Law dictionary

• bid — amoe·bid; BID; bid; bid·da·bil·i·ty; bid·da·ble; bid·da·bly; bid·dance; bid·der; bid·der s; bid·dery; bid·ding; bid·dul·phia; bid·er; bid·ing; bid·ri; ca·ra·bid; ce·bid; chick·a·bid·dy; cym·bid; cym·bid·i·um; for·bid·dance; for·bid·den;… …   English syllables

• bid — [[t]bɪd[/t]] v. bade bid, bid•den bid, bid•ding, 1) to command; order; direct: to bid them depart[/ex] 2) to say as a greeting, wish, etc.: to bid good night[/ex] 3) bus to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will charge or pay: They bid… …   From formal English to slang

• o|ver|bid — «OH vuhr BIHD», verb, bid, bid or bid|den, bid|ding, noun. –v.t. 1. to bid more than the value of (a thing). 2. to bid higher than ( …   Useful english dictionary

• out|bid — «owt BIHD», transitive verb, bid, bid or bid|den, bid|ding. 1. to bid higher than (someone else), as in a card game. 2. to underbid: »Three firms from the Uni …   Useful english dictionary

• un´der|bid´der — un|der|bid «UHN duhr BIHD», verb, bid, bid|ding, noun. –v.t. 1. to offer to work or supply goods or services at a lower price than (another). 2. to bid less than the full point value of: »to underbid a hand in bridge. –v.i. to bid less than… …   Useful english dictionary