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bode (BOHD) (verb)
1. Past tense of the verb "bide"; to wait or to continue in a situation or condition: Due to the weather, the travelers had to bode the completion of their travels until the ice storm ended.
2. To anticipate or to foretell; to predict: The reading of the astrological signs bode great happiness for the newlywed couple.
2. To anticipate or to foretell; to predict: The reading of the astrological signs bode great happiness for the newlywed couple.
bowed (BOU'd, BOH'd) (verb)
1. To incline one’s head and back, bending forward from the waist: As the hearse passed by, the villagers bowed respectfully.
2. To submit, to yield, to stoop: The old baroness felt bowed by the responsibilities of her position in the castle.
3. To play a stringed musical instrument using a bow, which is a slightly curved piece of special wood with horse hair stretched from end to end: The young girl bowed her violin with precision, creating lovely music.
2. To submit, to yield, to stoop: The old baroness felt bowed by the responsibilities of her position in the castle.
3. To play a stringed musical instrument using a bow, which is a slightly curved piece of special wood with horse hair stretched from end to end: The young girl bowed her violin with precision, creating lovely music.
The write up in the newspaper seemed to bode well for the concert tonight. The musician was excellent and bowed his cello with ease.
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bode (BOHD) (verb), bodes; boded; boding
1. To foreshadow; to predict or to foretell; to presage by signs or by omens; to portend: It is believed by some that a red sunset will bode good weather for sailors; such as, "red sky at night, sailor's delight".
The new trial evidence will bode ill for the lawyer's case because it proves that his defendant is guilty.
2. Etymology: from Old English bodian, "to announce, to tell."
The new trial evidence will bode ill for the lawyer's case because it proves that his defendant is guilty.
2. Etymology: from Old English bodian, "to announce, to tell."
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Titius-Bode law, Bode's law
1. An empirical rule giving the approximate distances of planets from the sun.
It was first announced in 1766 by the German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius but was popularized only from 1772 by his countryman Johann Elert Bode.
Once thought to have some significance regarding the formation of the solar system, Bode’s law is now generally regarded as a numerological curiosity with no known justification.
2. An empirical law that generates the distances of planets and the position of the minor planet belt from the sun in astronomical units.
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