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| bed [ bed ] |
noun (plural beds) |
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1. furniture on which to sleep: a piece of furniture on which to sleep, usually consisting of a rectangular frame with a mattress on top
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2. mattress: a mattress, especially with its coverings
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3. place for sleeping: a place in which to sleep, or an object on which to sleep
  looking for a bed for the night
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4. accommodations for guest or patient: a place for one person to stay or sleep as a guest in a hotel or a patient in a hospital
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5. sleep: sleep or rest in bed, or the time for this
time for bed
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6. state of intimacy: the state of sexual intimacy associated with being in bed with somebody
the marriage bed
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7. patch of soil: an area of soil prepared for plants, especially flowers, or an area where particular plants are growing
a rose bed
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8. ground under water: the ground at the bottom of the sea, a river, or a lake
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9. fisheries area of water with shellfish: an area of the sea, a river, or a lake, where a particular kind of shellfish is found or cultivated
oyster beds
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10. construction surface on which to build: a prepared surface on which something is built or laid, e.g. the foundation of a road or a railroad track
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11. cooking layer of food: a layer of food on which another item of food is placed for serving
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12. geology layer of rock: a layer of rock, normally sedimentary, that is generally homogeneous and was deposited more or less continuously without erosion
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verb (past and past participle bed·ded, present participle bed·ding, 3rd person present singular beds) |
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1. transitive verb fix something into surrounding surface: to embed something firmly in a surrounding mass of a substance such as rock or concrete
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2. transitive and intransitive verb form layer: to arrange something, or be arranged, in a layer or stratum
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3. transitive verb have sexual intercourse with somebody: to have sexual intercourse with somebody
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informal
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| [ Old English bedd< Germanic] |
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a bed of nails an extremely difficult situation or existence
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a bed of roses an easy, comfortable situation or existence
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get up on the wrong side of the bed to be in an irritable or angry mood right from the start of the day
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go to bed with somebody to have sexual intercourse with somebody
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put something to bed to finish something, such as a project (informal)
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