bode Definition

bide
verb, intr bided (past tense), bode, bided (past participle), biding (present participle)

old use:
1. To wait or stay.
2. To dwell or reside; to stay, especially temporarily.
3. To endure or tolerate.

Idiom: bide one's time

To wait patiently for a good opportunity or for the right moment.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon bidan.

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bode¹
verb

boded, boding
1. To be a sign of something; to portend.

Thesaurus: indicate, warn, import, intimate, portend, prophesy, presage, threaten, betoken, augur.

Idiom: bode ill (bode well)

To be a bad or good sign for the future.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon as bodian in the obsolete sense ‘to announce'.

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