What's the difference between bib and bid?

Bib


Definition:

  • (n.) A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
  • (n.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
  • (n.) A bibcock.
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Bibbe
  • (v. i.) To drink; to sip; to tipple.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The constant need for clothing or bib changes in handicapped patients frequently results in further social isolation and causes normal children to be viewed as "impaired."
  • (2) Merlin was then taken over by Topps and the result is that England are the only World Cup team that Panini can’t reproduce with logos or emblems, which is why the players all look like they’re wearing bibs in the photos.
  • (3) There's a favourite bib of Billy's; Nicola's diaries; a milk bottle melted in some long-forgotten sterilisation process; Billy's death certificate; Nicola's successful pregnancy test; a letter published, two days after Billy died, in the Guardian's Private Lives section, from a woman who had lost her baby daughter at three days.
  • (4) An experimental setup is described in which by planning of the experiment (BIB-design) the interstimulus intervals are randomized and all components of the evoked potentials (EP) are placed under equal conditions with respect to the influence of the preceding intervals.
  • (5) Alyce guided the children back to the dental chair one by one, removing their woollen hats and wiping their runny noses, tucking the paper bibs under their chins, comforting the ones who were frightened.
  • (6) Photograph: Alamy They lift their bits up and over their bib shorts and let rip at the side of the road.
  • (7) Officially known as bib shorts, these cruellest of garments are designed to keep kidneys warm during cold, rainy stages and to eliminate any problems with waistbands, which can dig in.
  • (8) Together with genetic studies, our results indicate that the bib product may mediate intercellular communication in a pathway separate from the one involving the products of the other neurogenic genes.
  • (9) Then the object of their attention comes into view: not a shy songbird or a rare mammal, but a cyclist clad in a fluorescent bib.
  • (10) "Ah just want to sort out the funeral," she blubbed at the preternaturally patient Chesney, overbite quivering like a hovercraft as the prospect of another 15 years of storylines involving the widow whimpering in her HMP Plot Device netball bib lumbered horrifyingly into view.
  • (11) Persistent drooling not only creates troublesome hygienic problems for patients, teachers, nurses, and playmates because of the constant soiling of clothes, toys, and work materials, but also causes an odor from their clothing and bibs.
  • (12) Thus BIBS 39 was 17 times more selective for the AT1 subtype and BIBS 222 37 times.
  • (13) Roger Bibbings Malvern, Worcestershire • You report that Theresa May has urged media outlets to demonstrate restraint in their reports on extremists such as Mohammed Emwazi ( Report , 3 March).
  • (14) "There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina.
  • (15) The Rank Xerox bib, pictured at the top of this report, for example.
  • (16) Roll forward a few weeks, and bib-number 5805 was sitting quietly in my mailbox, confirming my commitment.
  • (17) Eventually, they see beyond the white walls, white chair, and white bed (unmade), to the jeans strewn on the floor, the soiled baby bibs, the jars of organic rice pudding.
  • (18) BIBS 39 shifted the AII concentration-contractile response curves in isolated rabbit aorta to the right in a parallel fashion.
  • (19) "There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No.
  • (20) Our observations are compatible with a function of bib in specifying neuronal precursors of both the embryonic and adult sensory nervous system.

Bid


Definition:

  • () of Bid
  • () of Bid
  • (v. t.) 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).
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
  • (v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
  • (v. t.) To invite; to call in; to request to come.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Bid.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To pray.
  • (v. t.) To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is not clear whether Sports Direct, which has a history of taking strategic stakes in related companies including Debenhams and JD Sports, will now make a bid.
  • (2) However, the significantly lower relative bioavailabilities for the prolonged-action hydroxymethylnitrofurantoin formulations suggest that Urfadyn PL 100 mg bid and Uridurine 100 mg tid are not pharmacokinetically equivalent to Furadantine MC.
  • (3) The number of seats has been reduced from 72,000 to 68,000, with another 12,000 to be added after the Games to meet the 80,000 minimum required in case Japan launches a bid to host the football World Cup.
  • (4) Asked whether the 2022 bid should be reopened in the wake of the allegations in the Sunday Times, Cameron said: "There is an inquiry under way, quite rightly, into what happened in terms of the World Cup bid for 2022.
  • (5) Read more Grabban, who moved to Carrow Road from Bournemouth in 2014 for around £3m, has been a target for Eddie Howe for some time and the manager had three bids for him turned down in the summer.
  • (6) Sainsbury’s revealed on Tuesday that it had made an approach to buy Home Retail , which also owns DIY chain Homebase, and sources expect the company to return with another bid.
  • (7) At a private meeting last Tuesday, Hunt assured Cameron and the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, that he had not been aware that his special adviser, Adam Smith, was systematically leaking information and advice to News Corp about its bid for BSkyB.
  • (8) Taxpayers will pick up an immediate £40m bill for compensating the four shortlisted companies that bid for the west coast franchise.
  • (9) 8.25am BST As the day draws to a close it is time to bid the readers adieu and wrap up the live-blog for the day.
  • (10) Los Angeles were relentless in their vicious pursuit of a game-tying goal on Wednesday, bidding to send Game 4 into overtime.
  • (11) A deadline for bids had been set for the previous midnight, but East chose to ignore it.
  • (12) So Huck Finn floats down the great river that flows through the heart of America, and on this adventure he is accompanied by the magnificent figure of Jim, a runaway slave, who is also making his bid for freedom.
  • (13) One source said Coe's "knitting together" of cross-party political support to win the London Olympic bid puts him in a good light.
  • (14) Just months later, Grade popped up fronting a private-equity backed bid for Pinewood from the Rank Group.
  • (15) We wish to thank once again all the Chinese people and people around the world who have supported Beijing 2022 in this extraordinary bid journey.” Earlier, the president Xi threw his weight behind China’s bid, promising the “strongest support” for the Beijing Games in a one-minute video address to the IOC delegates.
  • (16) He was bidding on behalf of an unknown and clearly stupendously rich buyer.
  • (17) We continue to offer customers a great range of beer, lager and cider.” Heineken’s bid to raise prices for its products in supermarkets comes just a few months after it put 6p on a pint in pubs , a decision it blamed on the weak pound.
  • (18) April 12, 2016 Gardner, who previously supported Marco Rubio’s presidential bid, has yet to endorse any of the remaining three candidates.
  • (19) Before bids being lodged, sources had indicated that Sky was not prepared to make a knockout bid to snatch back the rights from BT, which has justified the expense to customers and shareholders as “financially disciplined”.
  • (20) A fired-up Lleyton Hewitt just fell short in his bid to steer Australia to an upset victory in their Davis Cup doubles showdown with the United States.

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