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bed meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of bed at MeaningMonkey.org. bed meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.BED noun
Definition of bed (noun)
- a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing
- "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
- synonyms: bottom
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
- "they found a bed of sandstone"
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- "he worked in the coal beds"
- synonyms: seam
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
- synonyms: layer
- the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
- "the track bed had washed away"
BED verb
Definition of bed (verb)
- furnish with a bed
- "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- put to bed
- "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
- have sexual intercourse with
- "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- synonyms: bang, be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with
- prepare for sleep
- "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
- synonyms: crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
- antonym: arise
Source: Princeton University Wordnet