An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OVERBID
overbid, overcall
(noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent’s bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
overbid
(noun) a bid that is higher than preceding bids
overbid
(verb) bid more than the object is worth
overbid
(verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
overbid (third-person singular simple present overbids, present participle overbidding, simple past and past participle overbid)
(intransitive) To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
(transitive) To outbid.
(intransitive, card games) To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
Noun
overbid (plural overbids)
An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
(card games) The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
Etymology 2
Verb
overbid
simple past tense and past participle of overbide
Anagrams
• bioderv, verboid
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*bid", v. t.
Definition: To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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