Entry 7 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913 Abode /əb-ōd'/ · A·bode · IPA /əˈboʊd/ pret. n. n. v. t. v. i. 01 pret. pret. of Abide. 1. pret. of Abide. See: Abide 02 n. Act of waiting; delay. 1. Act of waiting; delay.[Obs.] “And with her fled away without abode.” — Spenser. 2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. “He waxeth at your abode here.” — Fielding. 3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. “Come, let me lead you to our poor abode.” — Wordsworth. 03 n. An omen. 1. An omen.[Obs.] “High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes.” — Chapman. 04 v. t. To bode; to foreshow. 1. To bode; to foreshow.[Obs.] 05 v. i. To be ominous. 1. To be ominous.[Obs.]