foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
(noun) a feeling of evil to come; “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”; “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
boding
present participle of bode
boding (plural bodings)
An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.
boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)
Portending, ominous.
• Dobing
Source: Wiktionary
Bod"ing, a.
Definition: Foreshowing; presaging; ominous.
– Bod"ing*ly, adv.
Bod"ing, n.
Definition: A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
Bode, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] Etym: [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo to announce, Sw. bĂĄda to announce, portend. sq. root89. See Bid.]
Definition: To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith. Good onset bodes good end. Spenser.
Bode, v. i.
Definition: To foreshow something; to augur. Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden.
Syn.
– To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
Bode, n.
1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.] The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer.
2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott
Bode, n. Etym: [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.]
Definition: A messenger; a herald. Robertson.
Bode, n. Etym: [See Abide.]
Definition: A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide.
Definition: Abode. There that night they bode. Tennyson.
Bode, p. p.
Definition: of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] Etym: [OE. biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.]
1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.
2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.
Bide, v. t.
1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.
2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
