Definitions for bodes

bodes bode

Spelling: [bohd]
IPA: /boʊd/

Bodes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in bodes (bdeos).

Definitions for bodes

verb

  1. a simple past tense of bide.

Idioms

  1. bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:

verb (used with object)

  1. to be an omen of; portend:
  2. Archaic. to announce beforehand; predict.
  3. Archaic. to endure; bear.
  4. Obsolete. to encounter.

verb (used without object)

  1. to portend:
  2. to dwell; abide; wait; remain.

Origin of bodes

before 1000; Middle English boden, Old English bodian to announce, foretell (cognate with Old Norse botha), derivative of boda messenger, cognate with German Bote, Old Norse bothi

Examples for bodes

Going into the 2006 Turin Olympics, bode became the touted star of the Games.

“Those voices at this time of the evening bode no good,” she said to herself.

bode does not name Lessing; calls him a well-known German scholar.

Such thinking does not bode well for women, who are primary targets in honor-seeking attacks.

Everyone except for bode Miller, who defended Cooper on Twitter and in a CNN interview, saying, "I felt like it was me, not her."

Heyst was aware that this visit could bode nothing pleasant.

God send ye the warld you bode, and that's neither scant nor want.

Still, the lack of communication with the tribes does not bode well for the future relationships.

It seems that bode purchased this volume at Lessings auction in Hamburg.

The skier most connected to that stratospheric rise is bode Miller.

Word Value for bodes
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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