PORTEND
(verb) indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
synonyms : augur , presage , prefigure , predict , omen , foretell , foreshadow , forecast , bode , betoken , auspicate , prognosticatethe brand new lock on the trunk betokens the magnitude of what has just happened. -added by diviya_inlas
The heavy gales and dark skies prognosticated that a hurricane was on its way. -added by naila_inlas
The scurrying insects presaged an earthquake. -added by naila_inlas
Your yellow eyes portend jaundice. -added by priyavanjeri
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Mnemonics for portend
(Tag: ) When we reached the port's end (sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going to happen.
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(Tag: English) port + end; how do you know its the end of the port, by the red sign board which says "Port Ends"
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(Tag: ) port+end.....when we connect computers VIA A CABLE THAT IS LINKED TO THE PORTS..WE get a link-A INDICATION that SIGNIFY that we can now connect it to the internet.
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(Tag: ) port+END...FOCUS ON PORT ..it is ....a DARK RED WINE ...from PORTugal....and the dark red clour of it, SIGNIFY that it is from portugal.
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(Tag: Eng) purPORT the END->PORTEND the end=predict the end, foretell
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(Tag: marathi) in marathi म्होर काय ठेवलंय ... देव जाणे !...about future/omen....
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(Tag: ) PORT+END..the weather is FORTOLD BY the authorities before a ship leaves the PORT.
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(Tag: ) por(in advance) + tend(tendency or sign) .. portend: sign in advance
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(Tag: ) at the end of the port u could smell the presence of fishes..its a sign that a sea is present ahead
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