Read full poem →But in this black Receptacle
Can be no Bode of Dawn
Dictionary Entry
An omen; a foreshadowing.
In a Sentence
“The sudden silence seemed to bode trouble for the hikers.”
Origin
From Old English bodian 'to announce', related to bode meaning 'message'.
Common Phrases
well bodeplot bodediagram bodeplots bode. bodeill bodebode carlbode von
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Poetry examples for “bode”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →This jolly prentice with his master bode,
Till he was nigh out of his prenticehood,
Read full poem →(Gay, the liberal hand held out this herbage I bear
--Fennel,--I grasped it a-tremble with dew--whatever it bode),
"While, as for thee..." But enough! He was gone. If I ran hitherto--
Read full poem →Sae lang as I’ll enjoy it;
I’ll fear nae scant, I’ll bode nae want,
As lang’s I get employment.
Read full poem →And at junketings, maypoles, and flings;
But she bode wi’ a thirtover uncle, and he
Swore by noon and by night that her goodman should be