Verb: bode bowd
- Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
"These signs bode bad news";
- portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict, foretoken
Sounds like: bowed
Derived forms: bodes, boding, boded
Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], indicate, point, signal
Encyclopedia: Bode, Jörg