bode
verb /bəʊd/
/bəʊd/
Word OriginOld English bodian ‘proclaim, foretell’, from boda ‘messenger’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bote, also to bid1.
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bode | /bəʊd/ /bəʊd/ |
| he / she / it bodes | /bəʊdz/ /bəʊdz/ |
| past simple boded | /ˈbəʊdɪd/ /ˈbəʊdɪd/ |
| past participle boded | /ˈbəʊdɪd/ /ˈbəʊdɪd/ |
| -ing form boding | /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ |
Idioms
bode well/ill (for somebody/something)
- (formal) to be a good/bad sign for somebody/something synonym augur
- These figures do not bode well for the company's future.
- The look on her face boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day.