bed
noun
- 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
a plot of ground in which plants are growing
the gardener planted a bed of roses
- 3
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
the track bed had washed away
- 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
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
- 6
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
he worked in the coal beds
- 7
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
- 8
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
they found a bed of sandstone
verb
- 1
prepare for sleep
I usually turn in at midnight
He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
- 2
have sexual intercourse with
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
- 3
put to bed
The children were bedded at ten o'clock
- 4
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
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