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Definition of Bed
1. Noun. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep. "The room had only a bed and chair"
Generic synonyms: Bedroom Furniture
Terms within: Bedframe, Bedstead, Mattress
Specialized synonyms: Berth, Built In Bed, Bunk, Built-in Bed, Bunk, Bunk, Bunk Bed, Camp Bed, Cot, Couch, Deathbed, Double Bed, Four-poster, Hammock, Sack, Marriage Bed, Murphy Bed, Plank-bed, Platform Bed, Sickbed, Single Bed, Sleigh Bed, Truckle, Truckle Bed, Trundle, Trundle Bed, Twin Bed, Water Bed
2. Verb. Furnish with a bed. "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
3. Noun. A plot of ground in which plants are growing. "The gardener planted a bed of roses"
Generic synonyms: Patch, Plot, Plot Of Ground, Plot Of Land
4. Verb. Place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil.
5. Noun. A depression forming the ground under a body of water. "He searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
Specialized synonyms: Lake Bed, Lake Bottom, Davy Jones, Davy Jones's Locker, Ocean Bottom, Ocean Floor, Sea Bottom, Sea Floor, Seabed, River Bottom, Riverbed, Creek Bed, Streambed
Generic synonyms: Depression, Natural Depression
6. Verb. Put to bed. "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
7. Noun. (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock). "They found a bed of sandstone"
8. Verb. Have sexual intercourse with. "Sam cannot bed Sue "; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Related verbs: Make Out, Neck
Specialized synonyms: Have, Take, Fornicate
Generic synonyms: Copulate, Couple, Mate, Pair
Derivative terms: Fuck, Fucker, Fucking, Love, Love, Lover, Screw, Screwing
Language type: Archaism
9. Noun. A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit. "He worked in the coal beds"
10. Verb. Prepare for sleep. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Specialized synonyms: Bed Down, Bunk Down
Antonyms: Get Up, Turn Out
11. Noun. Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance. "Slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
Generic synonyms: Artefact, Artifact
Specialized synonyms: Backing, Mount, Blanket, Course, Row, Cushion, Interlayer, Lift, Overlay, Ply, Tier, Wall
Group relationships: Laminate
Derivative terms: Layer
12. Noun. 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..
13. Noun. A foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track. "The track bed had washed away"
Specialized synonyms: Railroad Bed, Roadbed
Definition of Bed
1. n. 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. v. t. To place in a bed.
3. v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit.
Definition of Bed
1. to provide with a bed (a piece of furniture used for sleeping) [v BEDDED, BEDDING, BEDS]
Medical Definition of Bed
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1. To place in a bed.
2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. "I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her." (Shak)
3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
4. 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.
5. 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. "Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded." (Wordsworth)
6. To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair."
Origin: Bedded; Bedding.
1. 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. "And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed." (Byron) "I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . Make the beds." (Shak) "In bed he slept not for my urging it." (Shak)
2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. "George, the eldest son of his second bed." (Clarendon)
3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses."
4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. "So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed." (Milton)
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