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bed·ding

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noun
1.
blankets, sheets, etc., used on a bed; bedclothes.
2.
bedclothes together with a matress.
3.
litter; straw, etc., as a bed for animals.
4.
Building Trades.
a.
a foundation or bottom layer.
b.
a thin layer of putty laid in the rabbet of a window frame or muntin to give a pane of glass an even backing.
5.
Geology. arrangement of sedimentary rocks in strata.
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adjective
6.
Horticulture. of or pertaining to a plant especially suited to or prepared for planting in an open-air bed for ornamental displays: bedding hyacinths; bedding begonias.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see bed, -ing1
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bed

   [bed] noun, verb, bed·ded, bed·ding.
noun
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.
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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.
a.
the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position.
b.
the upper side of a stone laid in position.
c.
the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid.
d.
the natural stratification of a stone: a stone laid on bed.
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.
a.
the canvas surface of a trampoline.
b.
the smooth, wooden floor of a bowling alley.
c.
the slate surface of a billiard table to which the cloth is fastened.
22.
Zoology. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, especially 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.
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verb (used with object)
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.
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30.
to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete.
31.
to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse.
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verb (used without object)
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.
Verb phrase
36.
bed down,
a.
to make a bed for (a person, animal, etc.).
b.
to retire to bed: They put out the fire and decided to bed down for the night.
Idioms
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,
a.
to retire, especially for the night.
b.
to engage in sexual relations.
39.
go to bed with, to have sexual intercourse with.
40.
in bed,
a.
beneath the covers of a bed.
b.
engaged in sexual intercourse.
41.
jump/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.
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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,
a.
to help (a child, invalid, etc.) go to bed.
b.
Printing. to lock up (forms) in a press in preparation for printing.
c.
to work on the preparation of (an edition of a newspaper, periodical, etc.) up to the time of going to press.
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bedd; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch bed, Old Saxon bed(de), Old High German betti (German Bett), Gothic badi < Germanic *badjan (neuter); akin to Latin fodere to dig, OCS bodǫ, Lithuanian bedù I pierce, Welsh bedd a grave; presumably a bed was dug out in the ground

Related forms
bed·less, adjective
bed·like, adjective
in·ter·bed, adjective

Synonyms
14. band, belt, seam, lode.

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bedding (ˈbɛdɪŋ)
 
—n
1.  bedclothes, sometimes considered together with a mattress
2.  litter, such as straw, for animals
3.  something acting as a foundation, such as mortar under a brick
4.  the arrangement of a mass of rocks into distinct layers; stratification

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bed
O.E. bedd "bed, couch, resting place, garden plot," from P.Gmc. *badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground" (cf. M.Du. bedde, O.N. beðr, 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
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"to dig," Bret. bez "grave"). Both "sleeping" and "gardening" senses are in O.E. Meaning "bottom of a lake, sea, watercourse" is from 1580s. The verb meaning "to sleep with" is early 14c.

bedding
later O.E. beddinge "bedding, bed covering," from bed. Meaning "bottom layer of anything" is from c.1400.
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bed (běd)
n.

  1. A piece of furniture for reclining and sleeping, typically consisting of a flat, rectangular frame and a mattress resting on springs.

  2. Such a piece of furniture used for rest, recuperation, or treatment.

  3. A supporting, underlying, or securing base or structure, especially an anatomical one.

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bed   (běd)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A layer of sediments or rock, such as coal, that extends under a large area and has a distinct set of characteristics that distinguish it from other layers below and above it.

  2. The bottom of a body of water, such as a lake, stream, or ocean.


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