Definitions for bade

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Spelling: [bad]

IPA: /bæd/

Bade is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in bade (abde).

Definitions for bade

noun

1. an act or instance of bidding.
2. Cards. an offer to make a specified number of points or to take a specified number of tricks. the amount of such an offer. the turn of a person to bid.
3. an invitation:
4. an attempt to attain some goal or purpose:
5. Also called bid price. Stock Exchange. the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay for a security at a given moment.

verb

1. a simple past tense of bid1 .
2. past participle of bide.

Idioms

1. bid fair. fair1 (def 29).

Verb phrases

1. bid in, Commerce. to overbid all offers for (property) at an auction in order to retain ownership.
2. bid up, Commerce. to increase the market price of by increasing bids.

verb (used with object)

1. to command; order; direct:
2. to express (a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish):
3. Commerce. to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will pay or charge:
4. Cards. to enter a bid of (a given quantity or suit):
5. to summon by invitation; invite.

verb (used without object)

1. to command; order; direct:
2. to make a bid:

Origin of bade

before 900; Middle English bidden, Old English biddan to beg, ask; cognate with Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old High German bittan (German bitten), Old Norse bithja, Gothic bidjan;

Examples for bade

He bade me hope that Oalava might yet be mine in spite of my poverty.

Rising, he called one of the servants, and bade her summon Margaret.

When she got out of the car, she bade him good-night and good-bye.

I did as she bade me, and left her there when the maid came in.

Yanukovych bade them farewell and relinquished his right to state guards.

Yates bade good-by to the commander, and walked with his friend out of the camp.

Telephassa bade him sit down on the turf beside her, and then she took his hand.

He then bade me carry the goose into the ranks, and to come to him when we halted at night.

He lifted Dennet on his shoulder, and bade her wave her parchment.

But Telephassa bade him remain there, and be happy, if his own heart would let him.