[syn: go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bed \Bed\, n. [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde,
Icel. be?r, Dan. bed, Sw. b[aum]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.
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And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. --Byron.
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I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds.
--Shak.
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In bed he slept not for my urging it. --Shak.
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2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
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George, the eldest son of his second bed.
--Clarendon.
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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.
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4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed
of ashes or coals.
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5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as,
the bed of a river.
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So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. --Milton.
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6. (Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between
layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
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7. (Gun.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
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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.
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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.
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10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
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11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form
is laid.
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Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed
key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber;
bedmaker, etc.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bed \Bed\, v. i.
To go to bed; to cohabit.
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If he be married, and bed with his wife. --Wiseman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bedding.]
1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
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I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
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3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
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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.
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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.
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Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
large bodies of still water are bedded.
--Wordsworth.
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6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as
to serve as a bed.
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7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
recumbent position. "Bedded hair." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bed
n 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" [syn: bed,
bottom]
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, bed]
6: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn:
layer, bed]
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"
v 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, roll in the
hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get
laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have
intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck,
jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it,
bang, get it on, bonk]
5: prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes
to bed at the crack of dawn" [syn: go to bed, turn in,
bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack,
sack out, go to sleep, retire] [ant: arise, get up,
rise, turn out, uprise]