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bed
[bed]
noun, verb, bed⋅ded, bed⋅ding.
–noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Verb phrase
—Idioms
| 1. | a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. |
| 2. | the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. |
| 3. | the bedstead alone. |
| 4. | the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. |
| 5. | the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. |
| 6. | the marital relationship. |
| 7. | any resting place: making his bed under a tree. |
| 8. | something resembling a bed in form or position. |
| 9. | a piece or area of ground in a garden or lawn in which plants are grown. |
| 10. | an area in a greenhouse in which plants are grown. |
| 11. | the plants in such areas. |
| 12. | the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water. |
| 13. | a piece or part forming a foundation or base. |
| 14. | a layer of rock; a stratum. |
| 15. | a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like: a gravel bed for the roadway. |
| 16. | Building Trades.
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| 17. | Furniture. skirt (def. 6b). |
| 18. | the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid. |
| 19. | Transportation. the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer. |
| 20. | Chemistry. a compact mass of a substance functioning in a reaction as a catalyst or reactant. |
| 21. | Sports.
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| 22. | Zoology. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, esp. the germinative layer beneath the claw. |
| 23. | Also called mock, mock mold. Shipbuilding. a shaped steel pattern upon which furnaced plates for the hull of a vessel are hammered to shape. |
| 24. | bed and board. |
| 25. | to provide with a bed. |
| 26. | to put to bed. |
| 27. | Horticulture. to plant in or as in a bed. |
| 28. | to lay flat. |
| 29. | to place in a bed or layer: to bed oysters. |
| 30. | to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete. |
| 31. | to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse. |
| 32. | to have sleeping accommodations: He says we can bed there for the night. |
| 33. | Geology. to form a compact layer or stratum. |
| 34. | (of a metal structural part) to lie flat or close against another part. |
| 35. | Archaic. to go to bed. |
| 36. | bed down,
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| 37. | get up on the wrong side of the bed, to be irritable or bad-tempered from the start of a day: Never try to reason with him when he's gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. |
| 38. | go to bed,
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| 39. | go to bed with, to have sexual intercourse with. |
| 40. | in bed,
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| 41. | jump or get into bed with, to form a close, often temporary, alliance, usually with an unlikely ally: Industry was charged with jumping into bed with labor on the issue. |
| 42. | make a bed, to fit a bed with sheets and blankets. |
| 43. | make one's bed, to be responsible for one's own actions and their results: You've made your bed—now lie in it. |
| 44. | put to bed,
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Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE bedd; c. OFris, D bed, OS bed(de), OHG betti (G Bett), Goth badi < Gmc *badjan (neut.); akin to L fodere to dig, OCS bodǫ, Lith bedù I pierce, Welsh bedd a grave; presumably a bed was dug out in the ground
bef. 1000; ME; OE bedd; c. OFris, D bed, OS bed(de), OHG betti (G Bett), Goth badi < Gmc *badjan (neut.); akin to L fodere to dig, OCS bodǫ, Lith bedù I pierce, Welsh bedd a grave; presumably a bed was dug out in the ground

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Language Translation for : BED
| Spanish: | licenciatura en Magisterio, | Italian: | lauraeto, *laurea in pedagogia*, | Japanese: |
B.Ed.
| Bachelor of Education. |
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| bed
(běd) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. bed·ded, bed·ding, beds v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English, from Old English.] |
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| BEd
abbr. Bachelor of Education |
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O.E. bed "bed," from P.Gmc. *badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground" (cf. M.Du. bedde, O.H.G. betti, Ger. bett, Goth. badi), from PIE base *bhedh- "to dig, pierce," cf. Hittite beda- "to pierce, prick," Gk. bothyros "pit," L. fossa "ditch," Lith. bedre "to dig," Bret. bez "grave." Both "sleeping" and "gardening" senses are in O.E. Meaning "bottom of a lake, sea, watercourse" is from 1586. The verb meaning "to sleep with" is c.1315. Bedridden is O.E. bedreda, from rida "rider," with -en due to analogy of pp. adjectives. Bedstead (1440) is strictly "the place occupied by a bed." Bedroom (1616) replaced M.E. bedchamber. First record of slang bedroom eyes is 1940s. Bed-bug is from 1809.
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| bed | |
noun | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" |
| 3. | a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" |
| 4. | (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone" |
| 5. | a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds" [syn: seam] |
| 6. | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn: layer] |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away" |
verb | |
| 1. | furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" |
| 2. | place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil |
| 3. | put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" |
| 4. | have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together] |
| 5. | prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" [ant: arise] |
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bed
In addition to the idioms beginning with bed, also see early to bed; get up on the wrong side of bed; go to bed with; make one's bed and lie in it; make the bed; put to bed; should have stood in bed; strange bedfellows.
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bed
(běd) Pronunciation Key
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Bed\, n. [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde, Icel. be?r, Dan. bed, Sw. b["a]dd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G. bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin.]1. 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. And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. --Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. --Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it. --Shak. 2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. George, the eldest son of his second bed. --Clarendon. 3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." --Milton. 4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. 5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. --Milton. 6. (Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. 7. (Gun.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. 8. (Masonry) (a) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. (b) A course of stone or brick in a wall. (c) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. (d) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. --Knight. 9. (Mech.) 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. 10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. 11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber; bedmaker, etc. Bed of justice (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered. To be brought to bed, to be delivered of a child; -- often followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son. To make a bed, to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order a bed and its bedding. From bed and board (Law), a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony.
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Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedding.]1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak. 3. To furnish with a bed or bedding. 4. 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. 5. 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. Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded. --Wordsworth. 6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. 7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." --Shak.
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Bed
Bed\, v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. --Wiseman.
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