n. A messenger; a herald; one who announces or conveys a message.To announce; proclaim; preach.To decree; command; bid.To announce beforehand; prognosticate; predict; presage.To portend; augur; be an omen or indication of; betoken: with a non-personal subject.To forebode or have a presentiment of (ill, or coming disaster).Synonyms To augur, betoken, portend.To promise; portend: with well or ill: as, this bodes well for your success.To presage something evil; be of evil omen.n. A command; an order.n. An announcement; a message.n. Omen; premonition; augury.n. A foreboding; presentiment.n. A bid; the price offered by a buyer or asked by a seller.To bid for; make an offer for; buy.Preterit and past participle of bide.n. A stop; delay.Bidden; commanded.