bed

noun

1. (countable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “My cat often sleeps on my bed.”

   “I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.”

   “At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them[…].”

2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.”

3. (countable, uncountable, usually)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “Go to bed!”

   “I had breakfast in bed this morning.”

4. (uncountable, usually)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.”

5. (uncountable, usually)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “I read until bed.”

6. (uncountable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary.”

   “Some prisoners, indeed, are always up before the bell rings — such was my practice — they prefer to grope about in the dark to tossing about in the utter weariness of too much bed.”

   “This condition is one of the dangers of “too much bed”. The nurse should inspect the legs of each patient daily”

7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “George, the eldest son of his second bed.”

8. (figuratively, uncountable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “Too much bed, not enough rest.”

9. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

   “2 beds, 1 bath”

10. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.”

11. (countable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “sea bed”

    “river bed”

    “There’s a lot of trash on the bed of the river.”

12. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “Oysters are farmed from their beds.”

    “I knew that there were kelp beds and reefs which could rip the bottoms from boats down in Skedans Bay.”

13. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “We added a new bush to our rose bed.”

    “Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.”

14. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.”

15. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
16. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.”

17. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
18. (countable, dated, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
19. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
20. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
21. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
22. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    “These 5 judges mark the athlete's staying in the center of the bed, uniformity of bounce heights, and general style.”

23. (countable, uncountable)A horizontal layer or surface.
24. (countable)A horizontal layer or surface.
25. (countable, uncountable)A horizontal layer or surface.

    “the upper and lower beds”

26. (countable, uncountable)A horizontal layer or surface.
27. (countable, uncountable)A horizontal layer or surface.
28. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education).
29. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of banana equivalent dose.
30. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of binge eating disorder.

verb

1. (intransitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

   “I usually listen to music before I bed.”

2. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

   “For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration”

3. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
4. (ambitransitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

   “And he who lies with another Man's Wife after she is married, even before her Husband had bedded with her, is guilty of Adultery, […]”

5. (intransitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
6. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

   “1810/1835, William Wordsworth, Guide to the Lakes Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded.”

   “But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.”

7. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
8. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
9. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
10. (transitive)Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

    “Your bedded hair like life in excrements”

11. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.