'Bode' definitions:

Definition of 'bode'

From: WordNet
verb
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]da to announce, portend. [root]89. See Bid.] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. [1913 Webster]
  • A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. [1913 Webster]
  • Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, n.
  • 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] --Sir W. Scott [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.] A messenger; a herald. --Robertson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, n. [See Abide.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. [1913 Webster]
  • There that night they bode. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bode'

From: GCIDE
  • Bode \Bode\, p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bode'

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Bode, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bode, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
327
Housing Units (2000) :
168
Land area (2000) :
0.409980 sq. miles (1.061843 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.409980 sq. miles (1.061843 sq. km)
FIPS code :
07210
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
42.867146 N, 94.287910 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
50519
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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