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bed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bɛd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (UK) audio
  • /be̝d/ (New-Zealand)
  • /bed/ (Australia)
  • (General-American) audio
  • [beː] African-American Vernacular, some speakers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”). Cognates Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).

Meanings

  1. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
    • 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[…]. 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
    • My cat often sleeps on my bed.
  2. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ A mattress.
    • I find her bed too soft.
  3. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ A bedframe.
    • That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
    • When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.
  5. (after a preposition, countable, uncountable, usually) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ One's place of sleep or rest.
    • Go to bed!
    • I had breakfast in bed this morning.
  6. (after a preposition, uncountable, usually) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
    • He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
  7. (after a preposition, uncountable, usually) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
    • I read until bed.
  8. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution.
    • We have a patient who needs a bed right away.
  9. (uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ Time spent in a bed.
    • I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary. 1903, Thomas Stretch Dowse, Lectures on Massage and Electricity in the Treatment of Disease, page 276:
    • This condition is one of the dangers of “too much bed”. The nurse should inspect the legs of each patient daily 1972, James Verney Cable, Principles of Medicine: An Integrated Textbook for Nurses:
    • 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. 1907, Jabez Spencer Balfour, My Prison Life, page 181:
  10. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ Marriage.
    • George, the eldest son of his second bed. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
  11. (figuratively, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ Sexual activity.
    • Too much bed, not enough rest.
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. ▸ Clipping of bedroom.
    alt of bedroom
    • 2 beds, 1 bath
  13. (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.
  14. (countable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
    • sea bed
    • There’s a lot of trash on the bed of the river.
    • river bed
  15. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
    • 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. 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck:
  16. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ A garden plot.
    • 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. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
    • We added a new bush to our rose bed.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
    • A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
  19. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
    • The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
  21. (countable, dated, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
  22. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
  23. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
  24. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
  25. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ The taut surface of a trampoline.
    • These 5 judges mark the athlete's staying in the center of the bed, uniformity of bounce heights, and general style. 2000, Sports: The Complete Visual Reference:
  26. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface. ▸ A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
  27. (countable) A horizontal layer or surface. ▸ 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.
  28. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface. ▸ The horizontal surface of a building stone.
    • the upper and lower beds
  29. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface. ▸ The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
  30. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface. ▸ A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Forms

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Deriveds

bedform · bedside · bedrel · bedstand · tent bed · hot bed · bedbug · bed truck · bed trick · capillary bed · oceanbed · bunk bed · beditation · biobed · bedmate · shell bed · shit the bed · in bed → in bed with · ant-bed · powder bed · go to bed → go to bed with · bed blocker · testbed · pissy bed · get up on the wrong side of the bed · flowerbed · bedwise · bedspring · arrester bed · seabed · featherbed · coal bed · bedrest · railbed · bedwetting · bedbound · bedpan · bedskirt · abed · bedmaker · hospital bed · spring bed · bedtick · bedstock · sandbed · piss-the-bed · bedward · bedding · deathbed · bedrock · powder-bed · bedlike · bedfellow · sleigh bed · bed surfing · bedchair · angel bed · hay bed · breakfast in bed · bedrite · French bed · orthopaedic bed · bedful · family bed · creekbed · bedsite · bed and board · truckle bed · rosebed · bedmaking · overbed · rope bed · take to one's bed · surbed · full bed · bed and breakfast · bring to bed · sofa-bed · footbed · sunbed · bedhead · bedcurtain · bedroll · trackbed · twin bed · bedcover · bed-mould · Z-bed · bedrail · underbed · bedless · flatbed · granny-pop-out-of-bed · bed head → bed-headed · marriage bed · procrustean bed · bedshare · share a bed · dog bed · clawbed · bedworthy · lazy bed · keep one's bed · hide-a-bed · bedquilt · bedpiece · tanning bed · put to bed with a shovel · too much bed makes a dull head · daybed · bed-wettingly · platform bed · Murphy bed · bedchamber · bedbox · fluidized bed · straw-bed · keybed · bedwards · in the bed · bedkey · camp bed · throw someone out of bed · Texas bed · bed hair · bed blocking · settee bed · scanbed · childbed · divan bed · bedwork · hog bed · hotbed · bedclothing · bed of nails · interbed · loft bed · bedcovering · bed spacing · bedstead · test bed · …with the sun · John-go-to-bed-at-noon · bedridden · rebed · pencil-post bed · redbed · bed of roses · bed-sitting room · bedjacket · bedliner · monster under the bed · flower-bed · bed of honour · seedbed · bedpost · bedboard · disappearing bed · bed rotting · trundle bed · asparagus bed · apple-pie bed · stakebed · bed-hop → bed-hopper · multibed · bedspread · bed in · bed of down · …with the chickens · wake up on the wrong side of the bed · bed screw · cabin bed · tan bed · bedknob · bed moulding · Polish bed · box-bed · bedwear · bednet · filter bed · get out of bed on the wrong side · child bed · bridebed · bed wrench · bed-and-breakfast → B&B-ing · bedfast · sickbed · unbed · oyster bed · bedsitter · field bed · come to bed · day bed · bedtable · lesbian bed death · pissabed · ebullating bed · bedpartner · you make the bed you lie in · bed-closet · alveolar bed · bed linen · waterbed · bedlock · roadbed · vacuum bed · green-bed · settle bed · canopy bed · make the bed · sea bed · slug-a-bed · co-bed · bed pad · streambed · put to bed · bedrobe · bedstraw · bed ruffle · bedsheet · come-to-bed · raised bed · bedcord · lakebed · bedset · bedlinen · bedwarmer · bed wagon · moa bed · kelp bed · bedroom → bedsit · bed-wetting · key bed · roller bed · bedstaff · bed settee · bark bed · child-bed · beddy · bedsock · riverbed · pie bed · bedgown · Gatch bed · claybed · creek bed · bedsore · bedplate · bedswerver · Chesterfield bed · bed-wet → bed-wetter · Procrustean bed · stream bed · print bed · bed wench · stringbed · bed urinal · bedtop · red under the bed · bedwetter · bed push · nailbed · bedframe · kick someone out of bed · reed bed · chair bed · bedspace · marker bed · dirt bed · double bed · trestle bed · pig bed · bedclothes · bed of justice · bed rot · lie in the bed one has made · plank bed · Hollywood bed · bed-breaking · bedder · strawbed · pebble-bed reactor · wet the bed · B&B transaction · bed rest · cryobed · zed-bed · bed-sitter · box bed · spawning bed · bedload · stand-by-bed · air bed · single bed · divorce from bed and board · bottomset bed · bonebed · bedground · gatch bed · out of bed · deathbed conversion · beddable · interbedded · bed tea · B&B deal · vac bed · make one's bed → …and lie in it · bedlight · bedhanging · bed out · bed check · Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon · bed surf → bed surfer · four-poster bed · bed-in · bedstone · lazy-bed · orthopedic bed · bed bath · nettlebed

Descendants

pet · bedi · beet · bed · bet · bed · bedo · ベッド

Holonyms

lodging place · bedroom

Hypernyms

furniture

Hyponyms

berth · waterbed · futon · hammock · bunk bed · trundle bed · camp bed · twin bed · day bed · loft bed · pallet · crib · four-poster · truckle bed · shakedown · canopy bed · cot · sofa-bed · Murphy bed · double bed · bunk · cradle

Meronyms

bedlinen · bedcover · pillow · bedsheet · bedframe · footboard · bolster · headboard · mattress · tester · eiderdown · bedstead · blanket · cushion · bedspread · quilt · duvet · bedding

Relateds

:Category:en:Bedding · go to bed

Synonyms

bed · stratum · rack · sack · tray · kip · layer · hay

Translations (700)

grc κοίτη (piece of furniture) · ko 하상 (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · zh 臥榻 /卧榻 (piece of furniture) · gl leito (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · arc ܡܫܟܒܐ (bed as general place or concept) · el παρτέρι (garden plot) · fi peti (foundation or supporting surface) · alt орын (piece of furniture) · ca buc (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · vi nền (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · km គ្រែដេក (piece of furniture) · ta அடி (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · kk кереует (piece of furniture) · af lêplek (prepared spot to spend the night in) · tt карават (piece of furniture) · sv bädd (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · bo ཉལ་ཁྲི (piece of furniture) · zh(piece of furniture) · he עֶרֶשׂ (piece of furniture) · twf pį̏ęʼéna (prepared spot to spend the night in) · he מַצָּע (foundation or supporting surface) · ce маьнга (piece of furniture) · vi lòng (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · jdt lok (garden plot) · bo ས་མལ (garden plot) · mwl lheito (piece of furniture) · ca llit (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · de Bett (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · mi takere (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · fy bêd (piece of furniture) · as পালেং (piece of furniture) · es lecho (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ta பரப்பு (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · bg леха́ (garden plot) · es cama (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · tg бистар (piece of furniture) · gl cama (piece of furniture) · la cubīle (bed as general place or concept) · ja 臥榻 (piece of furniture) · fa تَخْتِخواب (piece of furniture) · sq shtrat (piece of furniture) · ru ру́сло (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (piece of furniture) · gd leabaidh (piece of furniture) · fi makuusija (prepared spot to spend the night in) · it letto (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · nrf liet (piece of furniture) · frr baad (piece of furniture) · fa رَخْتِخواب (piece of furniture) · nb banke (area where a large number of shellfish is found) · es sobre (piece of furniture) · mi whakatakere (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · de Ladefläche (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · egy A-T:t- (piece of furniture) · vi lớp (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · bg посте́ля (prepared spot to spend the night in) · oc lièch (piece of furniture) · he מִשְׁכָּב (bed as general place or concept) · es palangana (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · osx bed (piece of furniture) · et alus (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · nl onderlaag (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · bg легло́ (piece of furniture) · ar مَشَارَة (garden plot) · be ло́жак (piece of furniture) · is beð (garden plot) · es volco (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · kmr nivîn (prepared spot to spend the night in) · sh lȅžāj (prepared spot to spend the night in) · mi kawa (garden plot) · af laag (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · ky койка (piece of furniture) · hi शय्या (prepared spot to spend the night in) · gl leito (piece of furniture) · cs lůžko (piece of furniture) · pt canteiro (garden plot) · cic topa (piece of furniture) · oj nibaagan (piece of furniture) · mi tāwaha (garden plot) · tpw inimbeba (piece of furniture) · bg кори́то (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · he קרקעית (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ta படுக்கை (piece of furniture) · ny kama (piece of furniture) · ug كارۋات (piece of furniture) · fo song (piece of furniture) · es piltra (piece of furniture) · fur jet (piece of furniture) · kut kyawkǂi·¢nam (piece of furniture) · az lək (garden plot) · sl ležišče (prepared spot to spend the night in) · hi तल (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · xal орн (piece of furniture) · pam pitudturan (piece of furniture) · gd leabaidh (prepared spot to spend the night in) · es yacija (piece of furniture) · egy H-Hn:n-k-i-i-t:D39-S28 (piece of furniture) · kum тёшек (bed as general place or concept) · de Fläche (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · ur پَلَن٘گ (piece of furniture) · or ପଲଙ୍କ (piece of furniture) · nrf lyet (piece of furniture) · kdr тӧшэк (bed as general place or concept) · tpw kesapeba (piece of furniture) · bg дъ́но (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · el κοίτασμα (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · hi बिछौना (piece of furniture) · mi whaiawa (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · yue 床鋪 /床铺 (piece of furniture) · uk рі́чище (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ga leaba (piece of furniture) · nl bodem (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · sh ле́ја (garden plot) · chr ᎦᏂᏟ (piece of furniture) · ar زِرَاعَة (garden plot) · mww txaj (piece of furniture) · uk русло́ (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · hi शय्या (piece of furniture) · vi lớp (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · srn bedi (piece of furniture) · mi parumoana (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ba урын (prepared spot to spend the night in) · es paila (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · uga 𐎎𐎌𐎋𐎁𐎚 (bed as general place or concept) · mk кревет (piece of furniture) · fi pohja (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · cs záhon (garden plot) · be дно (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · cjs тӧжек (bed as general place or concept) · fi lava (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · ru погру́зочная пло́щадь (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · eo fluejo (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ig akwa (piece of furniture) · uli beet (piece of furniture) · cs ložisko (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · ia lecto (piece of furniture) · mn ор (piece of furniture) · tg рахтихоб (piece of furniture) · fi kenttä (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · sh ле̏жа̄ј (prepared spot to spend the night in) · bn পালং (piece of furniture) · af bed (area where a large number of shellfish is found) · ady гъолъыпӏэ (piece of furniture) · fr lit (piece of furniture) · gl piso (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · is rúm (piece of furniture) · vi luống (garden plot) · ms ranjang (piece of furniture) · syl ꠛꠤꠍꠘꠣ (piece of furniture) · ba түшәк (bed as general place or concept) · alt тӧжӧк (bed as general place or concept) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (piece of furniture) · fa بِسْتَر (piece of furniture) · af bedding (garden plot) · sh по̏стеља (piece of furniture) · fi sänky (bed as general place or concept) · ar تَخْت (piece of furniture) · af bed (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · la lectus (bed as general place or concept) · nrf lit (piece of furniture) · rom pato (piece of furniture) · arc ܡܫܳܪܬܴܐ (garden plot) · la pulvīnus (garden plot) · gl leito (foundation or supporting surface) · cu лѣха (garden plot) · zza ca (diq) (piece of furniture) · nn seng (piece of furniture) · hsn(piece of furniture) · tk düşek (piece of furniture) · it giaciglio (piece of furniture) · uum тӧшек (bed as general place or concept) · bg постеля (piece of furniture) · sk koryto (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · zdj itanɗa (piece of furniture) · he מִיטָה (garden plot) · grc εὐνή (piece of furniture) · cho topa (piece of furniture) · uga 𐎎𐎉𐎚 (piece of furniture) · gu બિસ્તર (piece of furniture) · de Lager (prepared spot to spend the night in) · ta படுக்கை (prepared spot to spend the night in) · bbl კრაოტ (piece of furniture) · ang bedd (piece of furniture) · sh лѐдина (garden plot) · gu ખાટલો (piece of furniture) · vo bed (piece of furniture) · fi yösija (prepared spot to spend the night in) · njo-jgl yipten (piece of furniture) · war higdaan (bed as general place or concept) · ca llit (prepared spot to spend the night in) · sv matta (piece of music over which a radio DJ talks) · de Bett (piece of furniture) · uk кори́то (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · tl kama (piece of furniture) · bo བྲག་གི་ཆགས་རིམ (geology: the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series) · km គ្រែ (piece of furniture) · be гра́дка (garden plot) · sh ле́ха (garden plot) · grc πρασιά (garden plot) · ne ओछ्यान (piece of furniture) · nl tuinbed (garden plot) · ivb ichehan (piece of furniture) · zh 睡鋪 /睡铺 (piece of furniture) · pt cama (piece of furniture) · cdo 眠床 (piece of furniture) · fr lit (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · zh(piece of furniture) · ee abati (piece of furniture) · arc מִשְׁכְּבָא (bed as general place or concept) · ca capa (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · cu ложє (piece of furniture) · nl laag (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · kea kama (piece of furniture) · ovd saingg (bed as general place or concept) · luy sitanda (piece of furniture) · ta அடி (foundation or supporting surface) · gd leabaidh (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · lmo lecc (piece of furniture) · ady пӏэкӏор (piece of furniture) · ny bedi (piece of furniture) · is botn (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · gd leabaidh (garden plot) · hi बिछोना (piece of furniture) · toi bulo (piece of furniture) · es caja (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · ar سَرِير (piece of furniture) · arc ܡܰܫܟܒܳܐ (bed as general place or concept) · eo lito (piece of furniture) · bsq gbe (piece of furniture) · de Grund (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ckb قەریۆڵە (piece of furniture) · kmr cihê nivistinê (bed as general place or concept) · be ляха́ (garden plot) · rm letg (piece of furniture) · uk лі́жко (piece of furniture) · gl leito (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · akk 𒊬 (garden plot) · ru ло́же (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · yo ibùsùn (piece of furniture) · sk posteľ (piece of furniture) · mi papamoana (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · et lade (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · af aar (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · ba түтәл (garden plot) · pt alicerce (foundation or supporting surface) · he מיטה \ מִטָּה (piece of furniture) · ga leaba (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · mnp 眠床 (piece of furniture) · nv tsáskʼeh (piece of furniture) · gv lhiabbee (piece of furniture) · ja ベッド (piece of furniture) · uk по́стіль (bed as general place or concept) · af laag (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · ca llit (piece of furniture) · tg тахтихоб (piece of furniture) · de Bank (area where a large number of shellfish is found) · ngh katelsi (piece of furniture) · la strātum (bed as general place or concept) · sh pȍstelja (piece of furniture) · ota بستر (piece of furniture) · sl grêdica (garden plot) · es lecho (piece of furniture) · ar تخت (piece of furniture) · ro pat (piece of furniture) · bo གཟིམ་ཁྲི (piece of furniture) · bg зале́ж (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · sms siâŋgg (piece of furniture) · mk дно (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · yue(piece of furniture) · roa-tar lette (piece of furniture) · ka საწოლი (piece of furniture) · az yataq (piece of furniture) · gd amar (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · pa ਬਿਸਤਰਾ (piece of furniture) · ky керебет (piece of furniture) · ko 잠자리 (piece of furniture) · mby પલંગ (piece of furniture) · am ኣልጋ (piece of furniture) · to tôfâ'anga (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · ko 모판 (garden plot) · hak 眠床 (piece of furniture) · sq lëndinë (garden plot) · sw kitanda (prepared spot to spend the night in) · af kooi (piece of furniture) · rmq piltra (piece of furniture) · krc тёшек (bed as general place or concept) · ti ዓራት (piece of furniture) · fi alusta (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · sah орон (piece of furniture) · el κλίνη (piece of furniture) · vec łeto (piece of furniture) · ru пласт (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · my အိပ်ရာ (piece of furniture) · za mbonq (piece of furniture) · ko 잠자리 (prepared spot to spend the night in) · nrf llet (piece of furniture) · kmr textê nivistinê (piece of furniture) · zh 河床 (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · sh léha (garden plot) · dlg орун (piece of furniture) · gur gɔrgɔ (piece of furniture) · dlm ljat (piece of furniture) · lo ເມັງ (piece of furniture) · yue 臥榻 /卧榻 (piece of furniture) · tr yatak (piece of furniture) · tvl moēga (piece of furniture) · gl leito (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · te పక్క (piece of furniture) · tr döşek (prepared spot to spend the night in) · az çaylaq (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · cy gwely (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · qu puñuna (piece of furniture) · csm ka·ma·- (piece of furniture) · pt leito (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · sva ლაყვრა (piece of furniture) · hi शय्या (bed as general place or concept) · sh krèvet (piece of furniture) · es tálamo (piece of furniture) · lo ຕຽງ (piece of furniture) · fr couche (piece of furniture) · kxd katil (piece of furniture) · kk арна (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · om siree (piece of furniture) · akk 𒄑𒈿 (piece of furniture) · ga leaba (prepared spot to spend the night in) · sv bädd (prepared spot to spend the night in) · mi moenga (piece of furniture) · zh 床鋪 /床铺 (piece of furniture) · ka ლოგინი (piece of furniture) · sux 𒊬𒊬 (garden plot) · kn ಹಾಸಿಗೆ (piece of furniture) · hsn 床鋪 /床铺 (piece of furniture) · el κρεβάτι (piece of furniture) · tr döşek (bed as general place or concept) · lo ຫລີບ (piece of furniture) · fi istutus (garden plot) · rup crivati (piece of furniture) · mnp(piece of furniture) · pt base (foundation or supporting surface) · ru гря́дка (garden plot) · ar سرير (piece of furniture) · cs postel (piece of furniture) · gu બિછાનું (piece of furniture) · gl chedeiro (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · sa शय्या (piece of furniture) · ru за́лежь (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · tg тахт (piece of furniture) · ky кровать (piece of furniture) · pt superfície (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · te అడుగు (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ru дно (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ky карават (piece of furniture) · de Auflagefläche (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · kmr nivîn (bed as general place or concept) · bo མཐིལ་ཞབས (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · to tôfâ'anga (prepared spot to spend the night in) · ota یاتاق (piece of furniture) · af bed (piece of furniture) · vec leto (piece of furniture) · es lecho (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · fr lit (prepared spot to spend the night in) · th เตียง (piece of furniture) · bo མལ (bed as general place or concept) · nl bank (area where a large number of shellfish is found) · alt тӱп (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · lv gulta (piece of furniture) · ml മെത്ത (piece of furniture) · crh yataq (piece of furniture) · de Grund (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · sh ко̀рито (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · pl pokład (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · si ඇඳ (piece of furniture) · kmr cihê nivistinê (prepared spot to spend the night in) · la torus (piece of furniture) · pt cama (prepared spot to spend the night in) · de Bett (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · luo otanda (piece of furniture) · fi sänky (piece of furniture) · az çarpayı (piece of furniture) · ja 川底 (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · sl pọ́stelja (piece of furniture) · ms batas (garden plot) · kw gweli (piece of furniture) · arc ܥܪܣܐ (piece of furniture) · crh töşek (bed as general place or concept) · oc lèit (piece of furniture) · cv кравать (piece of furniture) · acm چرپاية (piece of furniture) · sh lijéha (garden plot) · el πυθμένας (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ja 河床 (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · nl ader (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · fi vuode (bed as general place or concept) · ru пло́щадь ку́зова (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · gl leito (bed as general place or concept) · vi đáy (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · ru ко́йка (piece of furniture) · wuu(piece of furniture) · tnl nəmhava (piece of furniture) · pl powierzchnia ładunkowa (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · bua орон (piece of furniture) · ovd saingg (piece of furniture) · cjy(piece of furniture) · uz krovat (piece of furniture) · tyv дөжек (bed as general place or concept) · sh лије́ха (garden plot) · id tempat tidur (piece of furniture) · xfa leta (piece of furniture) · kfr પલંગ (piece of furniture) · ba төп (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · mzn لتکا (garden plot) · nl bedding (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · tt урын (bed as general place or concept) · et põhi (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · ca jaç (prepared spot to spend the night in) · nl bed (prepared spot to spend the night in) · hu meder (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · nrf lliet (piece of furniture) · lmo lett (piece of furniture) · br gwele (piece of furniture) · sw kitanda (piece of furniture) · tmr מַשְׁכְּבָא (bed as general place or concept) · ta படுக்கை (bed as general place or concept) · aeb فرش (piece of furniture) · ar فِرَاش (piece of furniture) · cy gwelyau (piece of furniture) · ga leaba (garden plot) · ba урын (piece of furniture) · sl koríto (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · es tina (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · se seaŋga (piece of furniture) · acm سرير (piece of furniture) · vi chỗ ngủ (prepared spot to spend the night in) · gu ક્યારી (garden plot) · hak(piece of furniture) · ru ле́ха (garden plot) · it letto (piece of furniture) · ttt lak (garden plot) · kjh тӧзек (bed as general place or concept) · mt sodda (piece of furniture) · uk гря́дка (garden plot) · ja 寝床 (piece of furniture) · nb seng (prepared spot to spend the night in) · arc משׁכבא (bed as general place or concept) · dz ཉལ་ཁྲི (piece of furniture) · nl bloembed (garden plot) · fi esiintymä (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · sk lôžko (piece of furniture) · tl higaan (piece of furniture) · sga lige (prepared spot to spend the night in) · sh grèdica (garden plot) · ru крова́ть (piece of furniture) · pt carroçaria (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) · sh крѐвет (piece of furniture) · ak mpa (piece of furniture) · sh léja (garden plot) · sh грѐдица (garden plot) · bo ལྡུམ་རའི་ས་མལ (garden plot) · af blombedding (garden plot) · de Beet (garden plot) · ru посте́ль (piece of furniture) · es catre (piece of furniture) · egy H-a-ti-i-xt (piece of furniture) · wym bet (piece of furniture) · grc λέχος (piece of furniture) · mk ледина (garden plot) · bo “sleep throne” (piece of furniture) · kn ಮಂಚ (piece of furniture) · el υπόστρωμα (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) · sq krevat (piece of furniture) · sq lëdinë (garden plot) · ms dasar (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · eo bedo (garden plot) · ofs bedd (piece of furniture) · tli káa xhexhx'u yeit (piece of furniture) · vec lèto (piece of furniture) · gu ક્યારો (garden plot) · ar قَاع (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · sh lèdina (garden plot) · fr lit (garden plot) · fi vuode (piece of furniture) · unm xansun (piece of furniture) · sh kòrito (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · gez ዐራት (piece of furniture) · mi moa (garden plot) · nl bed (piece of furniture) · as বিছনা (piece of furniture) · az hövzə (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · kix thá (piece of furniture) · pt estrato (deposit of ore, coal etc.) · nl bed (garden plot) · bo both Literally (piece of furniture) · sah кырабаат (piece of furniture) · to tôfâ'anga (piece of furniture) · sc letu (piece of furniture) · hu ágy (piece of furniture) · pt leito (bed as general place or concept) · hi सेज (piece of furniture) · et põhi (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) · id ranjang (piece of furniture)

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bed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɛd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (UK) audio
  • /be̝d/ (New-Zealand)
  • /bed/ (Australia)
  • (General-American) audio
  • [beː] African-American Vernacular, some speakers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”). Cognates Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. ▸ To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.
    • I usually listen to music before I bed.
  2. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. ▸ To place in a bed.
    • 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 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
  3. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. ▸ To furnish with a bed or bedding.
  4. (ambitransitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. ▸ To have sex (with).
    • 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, […] 1730, William Forbes, The Institutes of the Law of Scotland, page 121:
  5. (intransitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. ▸ Of large game animals: to be at rest.
  6. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
    • 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. 2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
  7. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
  8. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
  9. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
  10. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
    • Your bedded hair like life in excrements c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
  11. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ▸ To settle, as machinery.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bedding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bedded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bedded Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

embed · bed down

Synonyms

bone · coitize · jump · make · frak · knock off · rut · schlong · shaft · go to bed with · dig out · love · prig · pump · give someone the time · Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with" · root · see to · know someone in the biblical sense · ream · drill · go with · smush · bauf · screw · bed · smash · boom-boom · knob · roger · frig · seduce · nail · bang · jump someone's bones · feague · shelve · bonk · hump · go to bed with · get into someone's pants · swive · sard · occupy · frack · give someone one · have one's way with · Informal and slang terms · coit · tup · fuck · plug · stallionize · enjoy · tap · Formal terms · jape · run through · boink · beep · have one's wicked way with · slay · dight · shag · sleep with · ravage · doink · hit · ball · do · expletive deleted · get up in · lay · frick · have · be with · mount · lie by · coitize · sleep with · boff · penetrate · knock · rock · pork · fill · lie with · dick · poke · slip it to · get over on · season · diddle · go in unto · service · know · plough · pound · take · love up · wap · eff

Translations (40)

kmr razan (to go to a sleeping bed) · af bed toe gaan (to go to a sleeping bed) · ca allitar-se (to put oneself to sleep) · pt dormir com (to have sexual intercourse with) · sv gå och lägga sig (to go to a sleeping bed) · bg слагам да си легне (to put oneself to sleep) · fr coucher avec (to have sexual intercourse with) · kmr nivistin (to go to a sleeping bed) · nl gaan slapen (to put oneself to sleep) · pt deitar (to go to a sleeping bed) · kmr bicihkirin (to settle) · fi maata (to have sexual intercourse with) · kmr li gel nivistin (to have sexual intercourse with) · vi đi ngủ (to put oneself to sleep) · af gaan slaap (to put oneself to sleep) · es irse a la cama (to go to a sleeping bed) · mi tauonioni (to have sexual intercourse with) · kmr gan (to have sexual intercourse with) · pt dormir (to put oneself to sleep) · fi mennä nukkumaan (to go to a sleeping bed) · nl zich zetten (to settle) · nl gaan slapen (to go to a sleeping bed) · zh(to have sexual intercourse with) · nl naar bed gaan (to go to a sleeping bed) · kmr razandin (to put oneself to sleep) · kmr raketin (to go to a sleeping bed) · kmr nivandin (to put oneself to sleep) · es encamarse (to have sexual intercourse with) · ca anar al llit (to put oneself to sleep) · fi mennä sänkyyn (to go to a sleeping bed) · de schlafen gehen (to go to a sleeping bed) · sv lägga sig (to put oneself to sleep) · nl naar bed gaan met (to have sexual intercourse with) · it andare a dormire (to go to a sleeping bed) · vi đi giường (to go to a sleeping bed) · sv sova med (to have sexual intercourse with) · sv lägga sig (to go to a sleeping bed) · sv ligga med (to have sexual intercourse with) · de sich betten (to put oneself to sleep) · bg лягам си (to go to a sleeping bed)