(transitive, intransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

An omen; a foreshadowing.

(obsolete or dialect) A bid; an offer.

A herald; a messenger.

A stop; a halting; delay.

simple past tense of bide

plural of bode

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bode

simple past tense and past participle of bode

Portentous; ominous; foreboding.