bedding
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- coverings that are used on a bedSynonyms: bedclothesbed clothing
- material used to provide a bed for animalsSynonyms: bedding materiallitter
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]