bed
(noun) 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”
bed
(noun) a plot of ground in which plants are growing; “the gardener planted a bed of roses”
bed
(noun) a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; “the track bed had washed away”
bed
(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.
layer, bed
(noun) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; “slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”
seam, bed
(noun) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; “he worked in the coal beds”
bed, bottom
(noun) a depression forming the ground under a body of water; “he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”
bed
(noun) (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); “they found a bed of sandstone”
bed
(verb) put to bed; “The children were bedded at ten o’clock”
bed
(verb) place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
bed
(verb) furnish with a bed; “The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
BED (plural BEDs)
Alternative form of B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education).
Initialism of banana equivalent dose.
Initialism of binge eating disorder.
• BDE, DBE, DEB, Deb, Deb., EBD, Edb., deb
bed (plural beds)
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
(usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
(uncountable) Time spent in a bed.
(figurative) Marriage.
(figurative, uncountable) Sexual activity.
A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [from later 16thc.]
An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
A garden plot.
A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
Synonym: tray
A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
(printing, dated) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
(computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
(heading) A layer or surface.
A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
(geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
Synonyms: layer, stratum
(masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.
(masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
(masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
Sense 1. To prepare a bed is usually to "make" the bed, or (US) to "spread" the bed, the verb spread probably having been developed from bedspread.
Like many nouns denoting places where people spend time, bed requires no article after certain prepositions: hence in bed, go to bed, and so on. The forms in a bed, etc. do exist, but tend to imply mere presence in the bed, without it being for the purpose of sleep.
See also Collocations of do, have, make, and take
bed (third-person singular simple present beds, present participle bedding, simple past and past participle bedded)
Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
(intransitive) To go to bed.
(transitive) To place in a bed.
To put oneself to sleep.
(transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
(ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse with. [from early 14th c.]
Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Thesaurus:copulate with
Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
(transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
(transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
(transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
(transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
(transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
To settle, as machinery.
• BDE, DBE, DEB, Deb, Deb., EBD, Edb., deb
Source: Wiktionary
Bed, n. Etym: [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde, Icel. be, Dan. bed, Sw. bädd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G. bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin.]
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." Milton.
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.
6. (Geol.)
Definition: A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
7. (Gun.)
Definition: See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
8. (Masonry) (a) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. (b) A course of stone or brick in a wall. (c) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. (d) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. Knight.
9. (Mech.)
Definition: 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.
10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
11. (Printing)
Definition: The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber; bedmaker, etc. Bed of justice (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered.
– To be brought to bed, to be delivered of a child; -- often followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son.
– To make a bed, to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order a bed and its bedding.
– From bed and board (Law), a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony.
Bed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedding.]
1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] Bacon.
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. (Masonry)
Definition: 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." Shak.
Bed, v. i.
Definition: To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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