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bed⋅ding

  [bed-ing]
–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.
–adjective
6. Horticulture. of or pertaining to a plant esp. suited to or prepared for planting in an open-air bed for ornamental displays: bedding hyacinths; bedding begonias.
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Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; see bed, -ing 1
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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.
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, 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.
–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.
30. to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete.
31. to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse.
–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, esp. 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 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,
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.
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

Related forms:
bedless, adjective
bedlike, adjective

Synonyms:
14. band, belt, seam, lode.
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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. A bedstead.

    3. A mattress.

    4. A place where one may sleep; lodging: found bed and board at an inn.

    5. Accommodations for a single person at a hospital or institution: a maternity ward with 30 beds.

    6. A small plot of cultivated or planted land: a flower bed.

    7. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers: a clam bed; an oyster bed.

    8. A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

    9. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed.

    10. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.

    11. A rock mass of large horizontal extent bounded, especially above, by physically different material.

    12. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.

    1. A place where one may sleep; lodging: found bed and board at an inn.

    2. Accommodations for a single person at a hospital or institution: a maternity ward with 30 beds.

    3. A small plot of cultivated or planted land: a flower bed.

    4. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers: a clam bed; an oyster bed.

    5. A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

    6. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed.

    7. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.

    8. A rock mass of large horizontal extent bounded, especially above, by physically different material.

    9. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.

  3. A time at which one goes to sleep: drank milk before bed.

  4. A place for lovemaking.

  5. A marital relationship with its rights and intimacies.

    1. A small plot of cultivated or planted land: a flower bed.

    2. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers: a clam bed; an oyster bed.

    3. A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

    4. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed.

    5. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.

    6. A rock mass of large horizontal extent bounded, especially above, by physically different material.

    7. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.

  7. The bottom of a body of water, such as a stream.

  8. A supporting, underlying, or securing part, especially:

    1. A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

    2. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed.

    3. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.

    4. A rock mass of large horizontal extent bounded, especially above, by physically different material.

    5. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.

  9. Printing The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed.

  10. The part of a truck, trailer, or freight car designed to carry loads.

  11. Geology

    1. A rock mass of large horizontal extent bounded, especially above, by physically different material.

    2. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.

  12. A heap of material: a bed of wood chips.

v.   bed·ded, bed·ding, beds

v.   tr.

  1. To furnish with a bed or sleeping quarters: We bedded our guests down in the study.

  2. To put or send to bed.

  3. To have sexual relations with.

  4. To plant in a prepared plot of soil.

  5. To lay flat or arrange in layers.

    1. To embed.

    2. To establish; base.

v.   intr.

  1. To go to bed.

  2. Geology To form layers or strata.


[Middle English, from Old English.]
bed·ding   (běd'ĭng)   
n.  

  1. Bedclothes.

  2. Material, especially straw, on which animals sleep.

  3. A bottom layer; a foundation.

  4. Geology Stratification of rocks into beds.

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Word Origin & History

bed 
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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bed
Pronunciation: 'bed
Function: noun
1 a : a piece of furniture on or in which one may lie and sleep —see HOSPITAL BED b : the equipment and services needed to care for one hospitalized patient
2 : a layer of specialized or altered tissue especially when separating dissimilar structures bed of vigorous granulation tissue is essential for a satisfactory skin graft>—see NAIL BED, VASCULAR BED
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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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Science Dictionary
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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