Bed (IPA: /ˈbɛd/)
| Bed (n.) |
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. |
| Bed (n.) |
(Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. |
| Bed (n.) |
A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. |
| Bed (n.) |
A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. |
| Bed (n.) |
The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. |
| Bed (n.) |
A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. |
| Bed (n.) |
See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. |
| Bed (n.) |
The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. |
| Bed (n.) |
A course of stone or brick in a wall. |
| Bed (n.) |
The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. |
| Bed (n.) |
The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. |
| Bed (n.) |
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. |
| Bed (n.) |
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. |
| Bed (n.) |
The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
To place in a bed. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
To furnish with a bed or bedding. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
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. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
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. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. |
| Bed (v. t.) |
To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. |
| Bed (v. i.) |
To go to bed; to cohabit. |
| Bed () |
The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig. |
| Bed () |
A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. |
| Bed () |
A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces. |
| Bed |
Piece of furniture used as a place to sleep or relax |
| Bed |
Stratigraphic subdivison |
| Bed |
1998 album by Juliana Hatfield |
| Bed |
Short story collection by Tao Lin |
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2007 song by J. Holiday |
| Bed Synonyms |
Bottom |
| Bed Synonyms |
Layer |
| Bed Synonyms |
Seam |
| Bed Synonyms |
Hit The Hay, Retire, Kip Down, Go To Sleep, Sack Out, Hit The Sack, Turn In, Crawl In, Go To Bed |
| Bed Synonyms |
Get Laid, Have Intercourse, Make Love, Bang, Have It Off, Be Intimate, Eff, Hump, Screw, Have Sex, Roll In The Hay, Bon, Jazz, Have A Go At It, Lie With, Sleep With, Get It On, Have It Away, Know, Love, Make Out, Do It |
| Translations |
Bed in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [Alex: Dude, your bed is a CAR] Yea.. but it's a fucking sweet car!" - Grandma's Boy |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Couldn't you just roll us around on the bed again." - Vegas Vacation |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy," - Poor Richard's Almanack |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." - English proverbs |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." - Poor Richard's Almanack |
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