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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bednoun

    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. bednoun

    a plot of ground in which plants are growing

    "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

  3. bed, bottomnoun

    a depression forming the ground under a body of water

    "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

  4. bednoun

    (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

    "they found a bed of sandstone"

  5. seam, bednoun

    a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

    "he worked in the coal beds"

  6. layer, bednoun

    single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

    "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

  7. bednoun

    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. bedverb

    a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

    "the track bed had washed away"

  9. bedverb

    furnish with a bed

    "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"

  10. bedverb

    place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

  11. bedverb

    put to bed

    "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

  12. 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, bonkverb

    have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

  13. go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retireverb

    prepare for sleep

    "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

Wiktionary

  1. bednoun

    A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on.

  2. bednoun

    Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.

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

  3. bednoun

    One's place of sleep or rest.

  4. bednoun

    The time for going to sleep or resting in bed.

    I read until bed.

  5. bednoun

    Time spent in a bed.

  6. bednoun

    A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed.

    He made a bed to sleep in for the night from hay and a blanket.

  7. bednoun

    A garden plot, as in "bed of roses".

    We added a new rosebush to our rose bed.

  8. bednoun

    The bottom of a lake or other body of water.

  9. bednoun

    An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.

    Oysters are farmed from their beds.

  10. bedverb

    To go to a sleeping bed.

  11. bedverb

    To put oneself to sleep.

  12. bedverb

    To settle, as machinery.

  13. bedverb

    To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.

  14. bedverb

    To set out plants in a garden bed.

  15. bedverb

    To have sexual intercourse with.

  16. bednoun

    A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed.

    The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.

  17. bednoun

    A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.

    A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.

  18. bednoun

    The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.

    The parcels were thrown onto the truck bed before transportation.

  19. bednoun

    A deposit of ore, coal etc.

  20. bednoun

    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

  21. bednoun

    A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship's floor; a pallet.

  22. bednoun

    A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks.

  23. bednoun

    Sexual activity.

  24. Etymology: From bedd, from badjan, from bhedh-. Cognate with West Frisian bêd, North Frisian beed (also Fering-Öömrang and Heligoland dialects baad, and Sölring dialect bēr), Dutch bed, German Bett; and (from Indo-European) with Greek βοθυρος ‘pit’, Latin fossa ‘ditch’, Latvian bedre ‘hole’, Welsh bedd, Breton bez ‘grave’; and probably also Russian бодать.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. BEDnoun

    Etymology: bed, Sax.

    Lying not erect, but hollow, which is in the making of the bed; or with the legs gathered up, which is in the posture of the body, is the more wholsome. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 738.

    Rigour now is gone to bed,
    And advice with scrupulous head. John Milton.

    Those houses then were caves, or homely sheds,
    With twining oziers fenc’d, and moss their beds. Dryden.

    On my knees I beg,
    That you’ll vouchsafe me, raiment, bed, and food. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    George, the eldest son of this second bed, was, after the death of his father, by the singular care and affection of his mother, well brought up. Edward Hyde.

    Herbs will be tenderer and fairer, if you take them out of beds, when they are newly come up, and remove them into pots, with better earth. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 459.

    So high as heav’d the tumid hills, so low
    Down sunk a hollow bottom, broad, and deep,
    Capacious bed of waters. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vii. l. 288.

    The great magazine for all kinds of treasure is supposed to be the bed of the Tiber. We may be sure, when the Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy, that they would take care to bestow such of their riches that way, as could best bear the water. Addison.

    See hoary Albula’s infected tide
    O’er the warm bed of smoaking sulphur glide. Addison.

    I see no reason, but the surface of the land should be as regular as that of the water, in the first production of it; and the strata, or beds within, lie as even. Thomas Burnet, Theory.

    Ten months after Florimel happen’d to wed,
    And was brought in a laudable manner to bed. Matthew Prior.

    I keep his house, and I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat, and make the beds, and do all myself. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

  2. To Bedverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    They have married me:
    I’ll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

    She was publickly contracted, stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded; and, after she was laid, Maximilian’s ambassadour put his leg, stript naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    There was a doubt ripped up, whether Arthur was bedded with his lady. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    Lay the turf with the grass-side downward, upon which lay some of your best mould to bed your quick in, and lay your quick upon it. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    Let coarse bold hands, from slimy nest,
    The bedded fish in banks outwrest. John Donne.

    A snake bedded himself under the threshold of a country-house. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

    And as the sleeping soldiers in th’ alarm,
    Your bedded hairs, like life in excrements,
    Start up, and stand on end. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

  3. To Bedverb

    To cohabit.

    If he be married, and bed with his wife, and afterwards relapse, he may possibly fancy that she infected him. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

Wikipedia

  1. Bed

    Bed is a song by American singer J. Holiday serving as the second single for his debut studio album, Back of My Lac'. It was released by Capitol Records as the album's second single on June 19, 2007. The same artwork used for the single is also used for the Japan version for his debut album.

ChatGPT

  1. bed

    A bed is a furniture item or place specifically designed for sleeping or resting. It typically consists of a soft, flat, rectangular surface made with a mattress and usually accompanied by a frame or base to support the mattress. Beds are commonly found in bedrooms or sleeping areas in homes, hotels, and other establishments.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bednoun

    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. Bednoun

    (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage

  3. Bednoun

    a plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground

  4. Bednoun

    a mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals

  5. Bednoun

    the bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river

  6. Bednoun

    a layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc

  7. Bednoun

    see Gun carriage, and Mortar bed

  8. Bednoun

    the horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds

  9. Bednoun

    a course of stone or brick in a wall

  10. Bednoun

    the place or material in which a block or brick is laid

  11. Bednoun

    the lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile

  12. Bednoun

    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. Bednoun

    the superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad

  14. Bednoun

    the flat part of the press, on which the form is laid

  15. Bedverb

    to place in a bed

  16. Bedverb

    to make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with

  17. Bedverb

    to furnish with a bed or bedding

  18. Bedverb

    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. Bedverb

    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. Bedverb

    to dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed

  21. Bedverb

    to lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position

  22. Bedverb

    to go to bed; to cohabit

Wikidata

  1. Bed

    A bed is a piece of furniture used as a place to sleep or relax. It has a secondary use as a location to engage in sexual relations. Most modern beds consist of a mattress on a bed frame, with the mattress resting either on a solid base, often wooden slats, or a sprung base. In North America many beds include a box spring inner-sprung base, a large mattress-sized box containing wood and springs that provide additional support and suspension for the mattress. Most beds have a headboard for resting against, with others also having side rails and footboards. "Headboard only" beds often incorporate a "dust ruffle", "bed skirt", or "valance sheet" to hide the bed frame. For greater head support, most people use a pillow, placed on the top of a mattress. Also used is some form of covering blanket to insulate the sleeper, often bed sheets, a quilt, or a duvet, collectively referred to as bedding. Bedding is the removable non-furniture portion of a sleeping environment. A bed can be thought of as a body, and the bedding its clothing. Also, some people prefer to dispense with the box spring and bed frame, and replace it with a platform bed style. This is more common in Europe, Australia and Japan.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bed

    bed, n. a couch or place to sleep on: a plot in a garden: a place in which anything rests, in carpentry, architecture, &c.: conjugal union, the marriage-bed, matrimonial rights and duties: the channel of a river: (geol.) a layer or stratum.—v.t. to place in bed, as a couple after a wedding: to provide a bed, or to make a bed, for: to sow or plant: to lay in layers.—v.i. to cohabit or use the same bed with another:—pr.p. bed′ding; pa.p. bed′ded.—ns. Bed′chamber (see Bed′room); Bed′ding, a collective name for the mattress, bed-clothes, &c., also litter for cattle.—adj. Bed′fast, confined to bed.—ns. Bed′fellow, a sharer of the same bed; Bed′maker, the name at Cambridge and elsewhere for those who make the beds and sweep the rooms in college; Bed′-of-hon′our, the grave of a soldier who has fallen in battle; Bed′-of-jus′tice (Fr. lit. de justice), the king's throne in the Parlement of Paris, also a sitting at which the king was present, chiefly for the registration of his own decrees; Bed′plate (mech.), the foundation plate of an engine, lathe, &c.; Bed′post, a post forming an angle of a bedstead, often in former days high enough to support a canopy; Bed′presser (Shak.), a heavy, lazy fellow.—adjs. Bed′rid, Bed′ridden, confined to bed by age or sickness: worn out.—ns. Bed′right (Shak.), the privilege of the marriage-bed; Bed′rock, the solid rock underneath superficial formations; Bed′room, a room in which there is a bed: a sleeping apartment—Bedchamber was the earlier form.—n.pl. Bed′-sores, painful ulcers that often arise in a long confinement to bed, esp. over the bony prominences of the body—the lower parts of the spine, the haunch bones, the heel, and the elbow.—ns. Bed′-staff, a staff or stick formerly used about a bed, in old times a handy weapon, whence perhaps the phrase, 'in the twinkling of a bed-staff;' Bed′stead, a frame for supporting a bed; Bed′straw, the name applied to a genus of the Rubiaceæ, of which eleven species are found in England, the most familiar our Lady's Bedstraw, or Yellow Bedstraw (Galium verum), sometimes called Cheese Rennet from its property of curdling milk; Bed′swerver (Shak.), one who is false to his marriage vow; Bed′tick, the case in which feathers, hair, chaff, &c. are put for bedding.—adv. Bed′ward, in the direction of bed: towards bedtime.—n. Bed′work (Shak.), work easily performed, as if done in bed.—Bed and board, food and lodging: full connubial relations; Bed of down, or roses, any easy or comfortable place.—Lords of the Bedchamber, twelve officers in the British royal household who wait in turn upon the sovereign's person; in the reign of a queen the office is performed by ladies.—To be brought to bed, to be confined in child-birth (wi

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. bed

    Flat thick pieces of wood, lodged under the quarters of casks containing any liquid, and stowed in a ship's hold, in order to keep them bilge-free; being steadied upon the beds by means of wedges called quoins. The impression made by a ship's bottom on the mud on having been left by an ebb-tide. The bite made in the ground by the fluke of an anchor. A kind of false deck, or platform, placed on those decks where the guns were too low for the ports.--Bed of a gun-carriage, or stool-bed. The piece of wood between the cheeks or brackets which, with the intervention of the quoin, supports the breech of the gun. It is itself supported, forward, on the bed-bolt, and aft, generally with the intervention of an elevating-screw, on the rear axle-tree.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BED' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #651

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BED' in Written Corpus Frequency: #500

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BED' in Nouns Frequency: #214

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Anagrams for BED »

  1. DBE

  2. deb

  3. Deb

  4. DEB

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BED in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of BED in a Sentence

  1. Debra Ellis:

    She could get up and walk a very small distance around the room to move to the bed to a chair or whatever, she’s not longer able to do that.

  2. Michael Grandner:

    It's counterintuitive, but spending time in bed awake turns the bed into the dentist's chair.

  3. Scott C. Holstad:

    I lay in bed absorbing fear, collecting strength, enjoying the slumberous sounds of solitude. To perish without love, I think, is a tragedy worth knowing.

  4. Dallas County judge:

    That means if your child's in a car wreck, if your child has a congenital heart defect or something and needs an ICU bed, or more likely if they have Covid and need an ICU bed, we don't have one. Your child will wait for another child to die, your child will just not get on the ventilator, your child will be CareFlighted to Temple or Oklahoma City or wherever we can find them a bed, but they won't be getting one here unless one clears.

  5. Tuxtla Gutierrez:

    I was already in bed. I was in my place so we were expecting to have a tranquil night but suddenly ... everything breaks apart, glasses, furniture and everything.

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