What does abode mean?
Definitions for abode
əˈboʊdabode
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word abode.
Princeton's WordNet
residence, abodenoun
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
"a person can have several residences"
dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling housenoun
housing that someone is living in
"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Abodenoun
Etymology: from abide.
But I know thy abode and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 2 Kings, xix. 27.
Others may use the ocean as their road,
Only the English make it their abode;
Whose ready sails with every wind can fly,
And make a cov’nant with th’ inconstant sky. Edmund Waller.Sweet friends, your patience for my long abode;
Not I, but my affairs, have made you wait. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.Making a short abode in Sicily the second time, landing in Italy, and making the war, may be reasonably judged the business but of ten months. John Dryden, Æneid. Dedicat. to.
The woodcocks early visit, and abode
Of long continuance in our temp’rate clime,
Foretel a liberal harvest. Phillips.Deep in a cave the Sibyl makes abode;
Thence full of fate returns, and of the God. John Dryden, Æn. 6.To Abodeverb
To foretoken or foreshow; to be a prognostic, to be ominous. It is taken, with its derivatives, in the sense either of good or ill.
Every man,
After the hideous storm that follow’d, was
A thing inspir’d; and, not consulting, broke
Into a general prophecy, that this tempest,
Dashing the garment of this peace, aboded
The sudden breach of it. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.
Wikipedia
abode
In law, a dwelling (also known as a residence or an abode) is a self-contained unit of accommodation used by one or more households as a home - such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat, vehicle, or other "substantial" structure. The concept of a dwelling has significance in relation to search and seizure, conveyancing of real property, burglary, trespass, and land-use planning.
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abode
An abode generally refers to a dwelling or residence where a person or a group of people live or reside. It is a place where someone calls home and typically includes a physical structure such as a house, apartment, or any other type of dwelling.
Webster Dictionary
Abode
of Abide
Abode
pret. of Abide
Abodenoun
act of waiting; delay
Abodenoun
stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
Abodenoun
place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation
Abodeverb
an omen
Abodeverb
to bode; to foreshow
Abodeverb
to be ominous
Etymology: [See Bode, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Abode
a-bōd′, n. a dwelling-place: stay. [See Abide.]
Abode
a-bōd′, pa.t. and pa.p. of Abide.
The Roycroft Dictionary
abode
1. A place where one cleans one's teeth and occasionally sleeps. 2. A long counter with a gutter and a rail at the bottom over which one is served with any liquid in a glass. 3. Dwelling, fireside (obsolete in this sense). 4. A grave.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
abode
Waited for; as, ship ran to the appointed place of rendezvous and abode there for her consort.
Anagrams for abode »
adobe
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of abode in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of abode in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of abode in a Sentence
Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.
A man should not keep company with one whose character, family, and abode are unknown.
Kindness is my prayer. Humanity is my abode.
Thereafter, Hong Kong Chinese who acquire a foreign nationality of their own free will, will be deemed to have lost Chinese nationality, in strict accordance with Article 9 of the Chinese Nationality Law, when they make a conscious decision to leave and, by implication, give up on Hong Kong, it is only right that they should be asked to make their choice -- China or a foreign country -- foreign citizenship or the right of abode and the right to vote in Hong Kong.
For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity
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- بقاء, مسكن, إقامةArabic
- местопребиваване, жилищеBulgarian
- Warten, Aufenthalt, Verweilen, Wohnsitz, Wohnung, BleibeGerman
- residencia, vivienda, moradaSpanish
- منزلPersian
- asunto, oleskelu, viivytysFinnish
- demeureFrench
- còmhnaidhScottish Gaelic
- डेराHindi
- lakóhelyHungarian
- soggiorno, residenza, dimora, domicilioItalian
- משכןHebrew
- 住居Japanese
- MorabaturLatin
- woonstee, onderkomen, verblijf, voorteken, wachtenDutch
- mieszkanie, siedziba, miejsce zamieszkaniaPolish
- moradia, agouro, residência, presságio, permanência, casa, atraso, augúrio, espera, domicílio, vaticínioPortuguese
- обиталище, задержка, жилище, пребывание, промедление, обительRussian
- nastan, obitavališteSerbo-Croatian
- vistelse, hemvist, boningSwedish
- פארבליבןYiddish
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