v., bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes.

v.tr.

1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
2. Archaic. To predict; foretell.

v.intr.

To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.

[Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce.]

bode² (bōd)
v.

A past tense of bide.

verb

To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See foresight, show/hide.

IN BRIEF: v. - Indicate by signs.

Tutor's tip: The violinist "bowed" (past tense of bow, to play a string instrument) in a way that did not "bode" (provide an omen) well for the concert.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - love, varsle

idioms:

• bode ill    varsle dårligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorspellen

Français (French)
v. intr. - prédire, présager

idioms:

• bode ill    être de mauvais augure

Deutsch (German)
v. - prophezeien, bedeuten

idioms:

• bode ill    nichts Gutes erhoffen lassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προμηνύω, προοιωνίζομαι

idioms:

• bode ill    προοιωνίζομαι δεινά, είμαι κακός οιωνός

Italiano (Italian)
presagire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prognosticar, imp. de bide

Русский (Russian)
сулить недоброе

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - predecir, augurar, presagiar

idioms:

• bode ill    mala señal, mal agüero

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - båda, varsla

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
预示

idioms:

• bode ill    预示恶兆

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 預示

idioms:

• bode ill    預示惡兆

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 전조를 나타내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 前兆となる, …に…の前兆となる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينذر, دل على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮בישר, היווה סימן ל-‬

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