bed

noun

  1. 1

    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. 2

    a plot of ground in which plants are growing

    the gardener planted a bed of roses

  3. 3

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

    the track bed had washed away

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

    slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach

  6. 6

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

    he worked in the coal beds

  7. 7

    a depression forming the ground under a body of water

    he searched for treasure on the ocean bed

  8. 8

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

    they found a bed of sandstone

verb

  1. 1

    prepare for sleep

    I usually turn in at midnight

    He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

  2. 2

    have sexual intercourse with

    This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

    Adam knew Eve

  3. 3

    put to bed

    The children were bedded at ten o'clock

  4. 4

    place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

Synonyms

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