boding

US: (bō′ding)

From the verb bode: (⇒ conjugate)

boding is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bod•ing  (bō′ding), n. 

1. a foreboding;
   omen.

adj. 

2. foreboding;
   ominous.

• bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English bodunge announcement (see bode¹, -ing¹); (adjective, adjectival) bode¹ + -ing²

bod′ing•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bode¹ /boʊd/   v. 

1. bod•ed, bod•ing. to be a sign or omen of;
   signal;
   portend:
   [~ + well/ill/evil + for] The promotion bodes well for his future.

bode² /boʊd/   v. 

1. a pt. of bide.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bode¹  (bōd), v., bod•ed, bod•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to be an omen of;
   portend:
   The news bodes evil days for him.
2. [Archaic.] to announce beforehand;
   predict.

v.i. 

3. to portend:
   The news bodes well for him.

• 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 bef. 1000

bode²  (bōd), v. 

1. a pt. of bide. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bode / bəʊd/ verb

1. to be an omen of (good or ill, esp of ill); portend; presage
2. (transitive) to predict; foretell

Etymology: Old English bodian; related to Old Norse botha to proclaim, Old Frisian bodia to invite

ˈbodement noun

bode / bəʊd/ verb

1. the past tense of bide