bed

1. 1

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.countable

   • My cat often sleeps on my bed.
   • I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
2. 2

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; A mattress.countable

   • I find her bed too soft.
3. 3

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; A bedframe.countable

   • That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.
4. 4

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; A prepared spot in which to spend the night.countableuncountable

   • When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.
5. 5

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; One's place of sleep or rest.countableuncountableusually

   • Go to bed!
   • I had breakfast in bed this morning.
6. 6

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.uncountableusually

   • He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
7. 7

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.uncountableusually

   • I read until bed.
8. 8

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution.countable

   • We have a patient who needs a bed right away.
9. 9

   A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; Time spent in a bed.uncountable

   • I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary.
   • Some prisoners, indeed, are always up before the bell rings — such was my practice — they prefer to grope about in the dark to tossing about in the utter weariness of too much bed.
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    A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; Marriage.countablefigurativelyuncountable

    • George, the eldest son of his second bed.

syn. bed · hay · kip · rack · sack

1. 1

   Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.; To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.intransitive

   • I usually listen to music before I bed.
2. 2

   Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.; To place in a bed.transitive

   • For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration
3. 3

   Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.; To furnish with a bed or bedding.transitive

4. 4

   Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.; To have sex (with).ambitransitive

   • And he who lies with another Man's Wife after she is married, even before her Husband had bedded with her, is guilty of Adultery, […]
5. 5

   Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.; Of large game animals: to be at rest.intransitive

6. 6

   Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.; To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.transitive

   • 1810/1835, William Wordsworth, Guide to the Lakes Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded.
7. 7

   Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.; To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.transitive

8. 8

   Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.; To set out (plants) in a garden bed.transitive

9. 9

   Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.; To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.transitive

10. 10

    Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.; To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.transitive

    • Your bedded hair like life in excrements