bed
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (8)
- 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”
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing“the gardener planted a bed of roses”
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water“he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”Synonyms: bottom
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)“they found a bed of sandstone”
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit“he worked in the coal beds”Synonyms: seam
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance“slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”Synonyms: layer
- 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.
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track“the track bed had washed away”
Verb (5)
- furnish with a bed“The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals”
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- put to bed“The children were bedded at ten o'clock”
- have sexual intercourse with“This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”“Adam knew Eve”“Were you ever intimate with this man?”Synonyms: sleep togetherroll in the haylovemake outmake lovesleep withget laidhave sexknowdo itbe intimatehave intercoursehave it awayhave it offscrewfuckjazzeffhumplie withhave a go at itbangget it onbonk
- prepare for sleep“I usually turn in at midnight”“He goes to bed at the crack of dawn”Synonyms: go to bedturn incrawl inkip downhit the hayhit the sacksack outgo to sleepretire
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed.— Byron.[1913 Webster]
I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
In bed he slept not for my urging it.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.(Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. [1913 Webster]
George, the eldest son of his second bed.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
4.A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. [1913 Webster]
5.The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. [1913 Webster]
So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
6.(Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. [1913 Webster]
7.(Gun.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
10.The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. [1913 Webster]
11.(Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. [1913 Webster]
Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber; bedmaker, etc. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
If he be married, and bed with his wife. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
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]