n. Stay; continuance in a place; residence for a time.n. A place of continuance; a dwelling; a habitation.n. Delay: as, “fled away without abode,” Spenser.n. Preterit of abide.n. An omen; a prognostication; a foreboding.To foreshow; prognosticate; forebode.To be an omen; forebode: as, “this abodes sadly,” Dr. H. More, Decay of Christian Piety.