bode

Meanings

1. Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.
2. To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode.
3. Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something.

1. A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment.
2. An indication, an omen, a sign.
3. A message; also, news, tidings.

1. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something; a bid.

1. To make a bid or offer for (something); to bid, to offer.

1. A herald; a messenger.

1. An act of biding or waiting; a wait; also, a delay.

1. simple past of bide

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.
3. A city in Iowa.
4. A village in Nepal.
5. A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
6. A small river and tributary to the Wipper

Etymology

The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above).