bed

UK /ˈbɛd/ US /ˈbɛd/

noun 8verb 5

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

Go to bed!

I had breakfast in bed this morning.

A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or 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.

I read until bed.

verb

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

I usually listen to music before I bed.

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

And he who lies with another Man's Wife after she is married, even before her Husband had bedded with her, is guilty of Adultery, […]

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

noun

Alternative form of B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education).

Initialism of banana equivalent dose.

Initialism of binge eating disorder.

Collocations

(noun.) piece of furniture for sleeping on

ADJ

double, king-size, single, twin

bunk, camp, feather, folding, four-poster, hospital, sofa

warm

unmade

She rushed out of the house this morning, leaving her unmade bed behind.

marriage

VERB + BED

She does the bed every morning before going to work.

make, make up

strip

The children helped strip the beds before the guests arrived for the weekend.

climb into, crawl into, get into, go to, tumble into

After a long day at work, Tom went to bed early and fell asleep immediately.

climb out of, get out of, leap out of

lie (down) on, lie in, sit on

She sat on the bed and put on her shoes before going out.

put sb to, tuck sb up in

Every night, my mother tucked us up in bed with a bedtime story.

wet

My little sister still wets the bed sometimes when she's nervous about something.

BED + NOUN

clothes, linen

PREP

in ~

She stayed in bed all morning because she wasn't feeling well.

out of ~

My grandmother still wasn't out of bed when we arrived for breakfast.

PHRASES

bed and breakfast, the edge/side of the bed, the foot/head of the bed, get sb into bed

go to bed with sb

take to your bed

time for bed

The baby was getting tired, so we knew it was time for bed.

(noun.) piece of ground for growing flowers, vegetables, etc.

ADJ

flower, rose, strawberry

ornamental

raised

PREP

~ of

The garden had several beds of colorful tulips that bloomed every spring.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

layer

noun — a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profi

seam

noun — a depression forming the ground under a body of water

bottom

verb — have sexual intercourse with

love

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bed of roses

A pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.

It's a straightforward job, but it's no bed of roses, with such long hours.

make one's bed and lie in it

To create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.

It was true that he had made his own bed, and he understood the justice which required him to lie upon it.

wake up on the wrong side of bed

To feel grumpy and irritable; to be easily annoyed.

He can't stop shouting at me: he must have woken up on the wrong side of bed this morning.

wet the bed

To urinate in one's bed (during sleep).

Unsecure is what she was. She wetted the bed a lot, and always she was sucking on her thumb.

in bed

While on a bed.

Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities.

Example Bank

My cat often sleeps on my bed.

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I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.

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At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have

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I usually listen to music before I bed.

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For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration

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And he who lies with another Man's Wife after she is married, even before her Husband had bedded with her, is guilty of Adultery, […]

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