Definitions for bodeboʊd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bodeboʊd(v.)bod•ed, bod•ing.

  1. (v.t.)to be an omen of; portend:

    news that bodes evil.

  2. Archaic. to foretell; predict.

  3. (v.i.)to portend:

    The promotion bodes well for his future.

Origin of bode:

bef. 1000; ME; OE bodian, der. of boda messenger

bodeboʊd(v.)

  1. Ref: a pt. of bide .

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict(verb)

    indicate by signs

    "These signs bode bad news"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bode(verb)

    to indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow

  2. Bode(verb)

    to foreshow something; to augur

  3. Bode(noun)

    an omen; a foreshadowing

  4. Bode(noun)

    a bid; an offer

  5. Bode(verb)

    a messenger; a herald

  6. Bode(noun)

    a stop; a halting; delay

  7. Bode(u)

    abode

  8. Bode(u)

    bid or bidden


Translations for bode

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

bode(nouns)

to be an omen of or to foretell bad or good fortune

This bodes well for the future.

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