bedding

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. coverings that are used on a bedSynonyms: bedclothesbed clothing
  2. material used to provide a bed for animalsSynonyms: bedding materiallitter
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedding.]

1.To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. [1913 Webster]

I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To furnish with a bed or bedding. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

6.(Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. [1913 Webster]

7.To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." --Shak. [1913 Webster]


Bedding \Bed"ding\, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.]

1.A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter. [1913 Webster]

2.(Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers. [1913 Webster]

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