bed.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
Meaning & usage
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
My cat often sleeps on my bed.
I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. A mattress.
I find her bed too soft.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. A bedframe.
That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. One's place of sleep or rest.
Go to bed!
I had breakfast in bed this morning.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
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.
I read until bed.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution.
We have a patient who needs a bed right away.
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.
Too much bed, not enough rest.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. Clipping of bedroom.
2 beds, 1 bath
A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.
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.
sea bed
river bed
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.
Oysters are farmed from their beds.
A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. A garden plot.
We added a new bush to our rose bed.
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 bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
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.
The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.
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.
the upper and lower beds
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”). Cognates Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).
Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.
I usually listen to music before I bed.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”). Cognates Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).
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