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Verb
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beds, plural;
  1. Settle down to sleep or rest for the night, typically in an improvised place
    • - he usually bedded down on newspapers in the church porch
  2. Settle a person or animal down to sleep or rest for the night

  3. Have sexual intercourse with
    • - he should bed a woman his own age
  4. Transfer (a plant) from a pot or seed tray to a garden plot
    • - I bedded out these houseplants
  5. Fix firmly; embed
    • - the posts should be firmly bedded in concrete
  6. Lay or arrange (something, esp. stone) in a layer

Noun
  1. A piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress and coverings
    • - a large double bed
    • - she was in bed by nine
    • - getting out of bed is a real struggle
  2. A place or article used by a person or animal for sleep or rest
    • - a bed of straw
  3. The time for sleeping
    • - it was time for bed
  4. A bed and associated facilities making up a place for a patient in a hospital or for a guest at a hotel
    • - a round of hospital staff layoffs and bed closings
    • - few can afford a bed in a hotel
  5. Used with reference to a bed as the typical place for sexual activity
    • - some men care very little about pleasing their partners in bed
    • - she'd gone to bed with Tony willingly
  6. An area of ground, typically in a garden, where flowers and plants are grown
    • - a bed of tulips
    • - vegetable beds
  7. A flat base or foundation on which something rests or is supported, in particular

  8. The foundation of a road or railroad

  9. The open part of a truck, wagon, or railroad car, where goods are carried

  10. The flat surface beneath the baize of a billiard table

  11. A layer or pile of something, in particular

  12. A layer of food on which other foods are served
    • - the salad is served on a bed of raw spinach
  13. A layer of rock or other geological material
    • - a bed of clay
  14. Any mass or pile resembling a bed
    • - pots steaming on the fragrant bed of coals
    • - a dog knocked the girl into a bed of ants
  15. The bottom of the sea or a lake or river
    • - a riverbed
  16. A place on the seabed where shellfish, esp. oysters or mussels, breed or are bred
    • - mussel beds

  1. 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"
  2. furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
  3. a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
  4. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
  5. a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
  6. put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
  7. A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) is an undergraduate academic degree which qualifies the graduate as a teacher in schools.
  8. A bed is a large piece of furniture (or a location) used as a place to sleep, and as a primary place for relaxation and sexual activity.
  9. Hanscom Field , also known by its full name Laurence G. Hanscom Field, is a public airport located in Bedford, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority.
  10. Bed is the third solo album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 1998.
  11. In geology a bed is the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below. ...
  12. A stream bed is the channel bottom of a stream, river or creek; the physical confine of the normal water flow. The lateral confines or channel margins, during all but flood stage, are known as the stream banks or river banks. ...
  13. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on; One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept; A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed; A garden plot, as in "bed of roses"; The bottom of a lake or other body of water, as in "sea bed"; An area where a large number ...
  14. (bedding) The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc; Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on
  15. (being) A living creature; The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state; That which has actuality (materially or in concept); One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality; Given that; since
  16. (bedding) In fishing, this term refers to bedding fish during the spawning period.
  17. (Bedding) A general term to describe all the sheets, pillows, comforters, etc. used on a bed.
  18. (Bedding) A technique whereby a small ridge of surface soil is formed to provide an elevated planting or seed bed. In Florida, it is used primarily in wet areas to improve soil drainage and aeration for seedlings.
  19. (Bedding) Manner in which the barrel and action of a rifle is fitted to the stock.
  20. (Bedding) A characteristic of sedimentary rocks in which parallel planar surfaces separating different grain sizes or compositions indicate successive depositional surfaces that existed at the time of sedimentation.
  21. (Bedding) can either be shavings of wood, haystack pile, or newspaper that are added to the floor of the coop and inside a nest box. The purpose of this is for absorption of droppings and odor of chicken poop. ...
  22. (Bedding) Linens such as comforters, sheets, pillow cases, bedskirts and shams are called “Bedding” or “Bed Linens”. Quilts and blankets put on a bed for warmth are also considered bedding.
  23. (Bedding) Wood shavings, shredded newspaper, straw, sand or other materials used to line the floor of a stall.
  24. (Bedding) We can supply duvets, duvet covers, pillows, pillow slips and sheets at extra cost.
  25. (BEDDING (MATERIALS FOR THE CAGE BOTTOM)) I recommend butcher paper or newspaper if there is a grate in the bottom of the cage. ...