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bed in en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

An allusion to gardening, where a plant or seed is introduced into a bed of soil where it can grow.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
   • ScotRail is seeking the views of the public before recasting its Edinburgh/Perth/Dundee passenger timetable in 2025, once the reopened Levenmouth line has bedded in. 2023 October 4, “Network News: Fife services in line for boost after Levenmouth opening?”, in RAIL, number 993, page 8:
   • The new trains were introduced in conjunction with Automatic Train Operation [...] and new signalling, but it took months for this to 'bed in', [...] But now the new signalling has bedded in, and the Central is the line that got its upgrade out of the way early. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115:
   • It took some time to be bedded in, but soon he knew his way around his new workplace.
2. To break in new brakes by gentle us in order to heat them.

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