Meaning of bed in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /bɛd/

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  1. Verb

    bed

    Definitions

    1. furnish with a bed

    Examples

    • « The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals »
  2. 2. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
  3. 3. put to bed

    Examples

    • « The children were bedded at ten o'clock »
  4. 4. have sexual intercourse with

    Examples

    • « This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm »
    • « Adam knew Eve »
    • « Were you ever intimate with this man? »

    Derived terms

  5. 5. go to bed in order to sleep

    Examples

    • « I usually turn in at midnight »
    • « He turns out at the crack of dawn »

    Antonyms

  6. Noun

    bed

    Etymology

    Old English bed, bedd (noun), beddian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bed and German Bett

    Definitions

    1. a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

    Examples

    • « he sat on the edge of the bed »
    • « the room had only a bed and chair »

    Derived terms

  7. 2. a plot of ground in which plants are growing

    Examples

    • « the gardener planted a bed of roses »
  8. 3. a depression forming the ground under a body of water

    Examples

    • « he searched for treasure on the ocean bed »
  9. 4. (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

    Examples

    • « they found a bed of standstone »
  10. 5. a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

    Examples

    • « he worked in the coal beds »
  11. 6. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

    Examples

    • « slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach »

    Derived terms

  12. 7. 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. 8. a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

    Examples

    • « the track bed had washed away »

Famous quotes

  • « While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love. »
    Roger Zelazny
  • « And I have to say, what motivates me every day and I know my Democratic colleagues is to remember that every day 14,000 people get up in the morning with insurance that go to bed at night without it and most of them because they lost their job. »
    Debbie Stabenow
  • « Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time. »
    Jo Nesbo
  • « It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifetime, but I didn't go crazy. I still eat my cereal in the morning, have a sandwich in the afternoon, go to bed at night. You know, nothing really different. »
    Regis Philbin
  • « Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. »
    Geoffrey Chaucer

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