Abode
[ə'bəʊd] or [ə'bod]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Abide
(-) pret. of Abide.
(n.) Act of waiting; delay.
(n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
(n.) Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
(v. t.) An omen.
(v. t.) To bode; to foreshow.
(v. i.) To be ominous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Habitation, dwelling, lodging, domicile, home, house, seat, place, quarters, head-quarters, place of residence.[2]. [Rare.] Continuance (in a place), stay, residence.
Typist: Wanda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Home, stay, placate, residence, domicile, habitation, lodging, berth, quarters,{with_the_idea_of_permanence}
ANT:Halt, perch, tent, bivouac, caravansary, {with_the_idea_of_transience}
Edited by Lizzie
Definition
n. a dwelling-place: stay.
pa.t. and pa.p. of Abide.
Typist: Vilma
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you can't find your abode, you will completely lose faith in the integrity of others. If you have no abode in your dreams, you will be unfortunate in your affairs, and lose by speculation. To change your abode, signifies hurried tidings and that hasty journeys will be made by you. For a young woman to dream that she has left her abode, is significant of slander and falsehoods being perpetrated against her. See Home.
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Examples
- Mrs. Clements punctually informed Lady Glyde of her place of abode. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Vice,' said the surgeon, replacing the curtain, 'takes up her abode in many temples; and who can say that a fair outside shell not enshrine her? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She had heard nothing of him since her leaving London, nothing new of his plans, nothing certain even of his present abode. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We know how little there is to tempt anyone to our humble abode. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Here, in a broad thoroughfare, once the abode of wealthy City merchants, we found the sculpture works for which we searched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Boythorn leaving us within a week, we took up our abode at a cheerful lodging near Oxford Street over an upholsterer's shop. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Pardon me, sir,' returned Mrs Wilfer, correcting him, 'it is the abode of conscious though independent Poverty. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her ladyship's residence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I will be your host in Greece, and will entertain you in my ruined abode,—misnamed a palace,—which is all that remains to me of my forefathers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The thought was fleeting; for his attention was instantly drawn towards the inhabitant of this wretched abode. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her inducement to come to me, relying on my confidence, had been the hope that I could tell her the name and place of abode. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His wife and family returned to this country and took up their abode at Gaunt House. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He often thanked us for the books we lent him, and for the use of our instruments, but never spoke of his altered abode or change of circumstances. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As darkness settled upon the earth, Clayton and Lady Alice still stood by the ship's rail in silent contemplation of their future abode. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Late we envied their abodes, their spicy groves, fertile plains, and abundant loveliness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I LIVED far from the busy haunts of men, and the rumour of wars or political changes came worn to a mere sound, to our mountain abodes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We entered London in the evening, and went to our several abodes near Hyde Park. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The vast cities of America, the fertile plains of Hindostan, the crowded abodes of the Chinese, are menaced with utter ruin. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The therns worshipped the hideous plant men and the apes, or at least they reverenced them as the abodes of the departed spirits of their own dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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