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Definition of 'Bed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bed
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.

2.  bed
the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed.

3.  bed
the bedstead alone.

4.  bed
the act of or time for sleeping.

5.  bed
the use of a bed for the night; lodging.

6.  bed
the marital relationship.

7.  bed
any place used for sleeping or resting.

8.  bed
an area of ground in which plants, esp. flowering garden plants, are grown.

9.  bed
the plants growing in such an area.

10.  bed
the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water.

11.  bed
an area on the bottom of a body of water abounding in a particular kind of plant or animal life:
an oyster bed.

12.  bed
a piece or part forming a foundation or base:
tuna on a bed of lettuce.

13.  bed
a layer of rock; stratum.

14.  bed
a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like.

15.  bed
the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position.

16.  bed
the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid.

17.  bed
the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid.

18.  bed
the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer.

19.  bed
flesh enveloping the base of a claw, esp. the germinative layer beneath the claw.

20. (v.t.) bed
to provide with a bed.

21.  bed
to put to bed.

22.  bed
to plant in or as if in a bed.

23.  bed
to lay flat.

24.  bed
to place in a bed or layer.

25.  bed
to embed.

26.  bed
to have sexual intercourse with.

27. (v.i.) bed
to have sleeping accommodations.

28.  bed
to form a compact layer or stratum.

29.  bed
Archaic. to go to bed.

30.  bed
bed down,

31.  bed
to retire to bed.

32.  bed
get up on the wrong side of the bed, to be cranky and contrary from the moment one awakes.

33.  bed
go to bed with, to have sexual relations with.

34.  bed
make a bed, to fit a bed with sheets and blankets .

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE bedd, c. OFris bed, OS bed(de), OHG betti, Go badi)

Definition of 'Bed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bed
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
"he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"

2. (noun) bed
a plot of ground in which plants are growing
"the gardener planted a bed of roses"

3. (noun) bed, bottom
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
"he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

4. (noun) bed
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
"they found a bed of sandstone"

5. (noun) seam, bed
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
"he worked in the coal beds"

6. (noun) layer, bed
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

7. (noun) bed
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

8. (verb) bed
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
"the track bed had washed away"

9. (verb) bed
furnish with a bed
"The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"

10. (verb) bed
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

11. (verb) bed
put to bed
"The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

12. (verb) sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
have sexual intercourse with
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

13. (verb) go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire
prepare for sleep
"I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

Definition of 'Bed'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bed
a piece of furniture for sleeping
a twin/double bed; He was lying in bed.; They got out of bed.; I'm going to bed at 10:30.

2. bed
the ground beneath an ocean, river, or lake
polluted river beds

3. bed
an area of ground for growing plants
a flower bed

Definition of 'Bed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bed
an article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs

2. (noun) Bed
(Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage

3. (noun) Bed
a plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground

4. (noun) Bed
a mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals

5. (noun) Bed
the bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river

6. (noun) Bed
a layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc

7. (noun) Bed
see Gun carriage, and Mortar bed

8. (noun) Bed
the horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds

9. (noun) Bed
a course of stone or brick in a wall

10. (noun) Bed
the place or material in which a block or brick is laid

11. (noun) Bed
the lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile

12. (noun) Bed
the foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine

13. (noun) Bed
the superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad

14. (noun) Bed
the flat part of the press, on which the form is laid

15. (verb) Bed
to place in a bed

16. (verb) Bed
to make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with

17. (verb) Bed
to furnish with a bed or bedding

18. (verb) Bed
to plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold

19. (verb) Bed
to lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock

20. (verb) Bed
to dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed

21. (verb) Bed
to lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position

22. (verb) Bed
to go to bed; to cohabit

Translation of 'Bed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a piece of furniture, or a place, to sleep on The child sleeps in a small bed; a bed of straw.
Afrikaans: bed	Arabic: ، فِراش، سَرير	Bulgarian: легло
Brazilian: cama	Czech: postel, lůžko	German: das Bett
Danish: seng	Greek: κρεβάτι	Spanish: cama
Estonian: voodi, ase	Farsi: تختخواب	Finnish: sänky
French: lit	Hebrew: מִטָה @@@מִיטָה$$$	Hindi: बिछौना
Croatian: krevet	Hungarian: ágy	Indonesian: tempat tidur
Icelandic: rúm, rekkja	Italian: letto	Japanese: ベッド
Korean: 침대	Lithuanian: lova	Latvian: gulta; guļvieta
Malay: katil	Dutch: bed	Norwegian: seng
Polish: łóżko	Persian: تختخواب	Pashto: بستره، كټ، د خوب ځاى، پال
Portuguese: cama	Romanian: pat	Russian: кровать
Slovak: posteľ	Slovenian: postelja	Serbian: krevet
Swedish: säng, bädd	Thai: เตียงนอน	Turkish: yatak
Taiwanese: 床	Ukrainian: ліжко, постіль	Urdu: بستر
Vietnamese: cái giường	Chinese: 床
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