bed

Plural: beds

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"
• a plot of ground in which plants are growing
  • "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
• a depression forming the ground under a body of water
  • "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
• (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
  • "they found a bed of sandstone"
• a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
  • "he worked in the coal beds"
• single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
  • "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
• 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.
• a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
  • "the track bed had washed away"
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• One's place of sleep or rest.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• Time spent in a bed.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• Marriage.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• Sexual activity.
• A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
• Clipping of bedroom.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• 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.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• A garden plot.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
• A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• The taut surface of a trampoline.
• A horizontal layer or surface.
• A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
• A horizontal layer or surface.
• 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.
• A horizontal layer or surface.
• The horizontal surface of a building stone.
• A horizontal layer or surface.
• The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
• A horizontal layer or surface.
• A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Verb

Verb Forms: bedded, bedding, beds

• To place or embed something firmly.
• furnish with a bed
  • "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
• place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
• put to bed
  • "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
• have sexual intercourse with
• prepare for sleep
  • "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
• Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
• To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
• To place in a bed.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
• To furnish with a bed or bedding.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
• To have sex (with).
• Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
• Of large game animals: to be at rest.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
• To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
• To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
• To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
• To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
• To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
• Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
• To settle, as machinery.

Examples

• 2 beds, 1 bath
• A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
• Go to bed!
• He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
• I had breakfast in bed this morning.
• I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
• I read until bed.
• I usually listen to music before I bed.
• My cat often sleeps on my bed.
• Oysters are farmed from their beds.
• river bed
• sea bed
• She will bed her ’Q’ tile on the triple letter score for maximum effect.
• The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.
• The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.
• the upper and lower beds
• There’s a lot of trash on the bed of the river.
• Too much bed, not enough rest.
• We added a new bush to our rose bed.
• When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.

Synonyms

bang, be intimate, bonk, bottom, crawl in, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, go to bed, go to sleep, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hit the hay, hit the sack, hump, jazz, kip down, know, layer, lie with, love, make love, make out, retire, roll in the hay, sack out, screw, seam, sleep together, sleep with, turn in, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Formal terms, Informal and slang terms, ball, bauf, be with, bed, beep, boff, boink, bone, boom-boom, coit, coitize, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, do, doink, drill, enjoy, expletive deleted, feague, feck, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go in unto, go to bed with, go with, have, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hay, hit, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, kip, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, lie by, love up, make, mount, nail, occupy, penetrate, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, rack, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sack, sard, schlong, season, seduce, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, stratum, swive, take, tap, tray, tup, wap

Antonyms

get up, turn out

Related Words

:Category:en:Bedding, go to bed