bed

Definitions

1. 1noun

   An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.

2. 2noun

   (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

3. 3noun

   A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

4. 4noun

   A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

5. 5noun

   The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

6. 6noun

   A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.

7. 7noun

   See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

8. 8noun

   The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

9. 9noun

   A course of stone or brick in a wall.

10. 10noun

    The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

11. 11noun

    The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

12. 12noun

    The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

13. 13noun

    The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

14. 14noun

    The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

15. 15transitive verb

    To place in a bed.

16. 16transitive verb

    To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

17. 17transitive verb

    To furnish with a bed or bedding.

18. 18transitive verb

    To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.

19. 19transitive verb

    To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.

20. 20transitive verb

    To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

21. 21transitive verb

    To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

22. 22intransitive verb

    To go to bed; to cohabit.

23. 23noun

    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"

24. 24noun

    a plot of ground in which plants are growing

    "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

25. 25noun

    a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

    "the track bed had washed away"

26. 26noun

    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.

27. 27noun

    single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

    "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

    Synonyms

    layer
28. 28noun

    a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

    "he worked in the coal beds"

    Synonyms

    seam
29. 29noun

    a depression forming the ground under a body of water

    "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

    Synonyms

    bottom
30. 30noun

    (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

    "they found a bed of sandstone"

31. 31verb

    prepare for sleep

    "I usually turn in at midnight"

    "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

    Synonyms

    retire
32. 32verb

    have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"

    "Adam knew Eve"

    Synonyms

    bangbonkefffuckhumpjazzknowlovescrew
33. 33verb

    put to bed

    "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

34. 34verb

    place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

35. 35verb

    furnish with a bed

    "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"