abed

/əˈbɛd/

adv 2name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

long, sick

VERB + ABED

lie

ABED + NOUN

midnight

PREP.

after

adv

In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.

Not to be abed after midnight

[She] is sick abed.

To childbed

I mean, she's brought a-bed

name

A male given name from Arabic.

A surname.

Not to be abed after midnight

Wiktionary

[She] is sick abed.

Wiktionary

The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.

Wiktionary

i Register

In some senses, abed is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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