abed

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/əˈbɛd/
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/əˈbɛd/ · /əˈbɛd/(US) · /ˈɑːbɛd/

Definition of abed

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
    “Not to be abed after midnight”
    “[She] is sick abed.”
    “The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.”
    “Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?”
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adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
    “Not to be abed after midnight”
    “[She] is sick abed.”
    “The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.”
    “Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?”
  2. (archaic, not-comparable)On a childbed.
    “I mean, she's brought a-bed”

name

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English abedde, o bedde, from Old English on (“in”) + bedde (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + bed.

Words you can make from abed

15 playable · top: BADE (7 pts)

Best play bade 7 points

4-letter words

1 word

3-letter words

5 words

2-letter words

8 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 front

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