The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABODE
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More clues leading to the result ABODE
- A fellow European’s place of residence
- Residence of a German man of law
- Bloke in a European residence
- A British poem — “Home”
- Person seen in ambulance, just outside, gets home
- A person with little energy in home?
- Person in attendance cleared out home
- Home poetry by sailor
- A beautiful original poem, Home
- Dwelling on losing final pair leads to disappointing exit
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What does ABODE mean?
ABODE verb- To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
- To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
- To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
- To wait in expectation.
- To pause; to delay.
- To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
- To endure; to remain; to last.
- To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
- Act of waiting; delay.
- Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- An omen; a foretelling.
- To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
- To be ominous.