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BED

  • (noun) 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"

  • (noun) a plot of ground in which plants are growing

    "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

  • (noun) a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

    "the track bed had washed away"

  • (noun) the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

  • (noun) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

    "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

    synonyms : layer

  • (noun) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

    "he worked in the coal beds"

    synonyms : seam

  • (noun) a depression forming the ground under a body of water

    "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

    synonyms : bottom

  • (noun) (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

    "they found a bed of sandstone"

  • (verb) prepare for sleep

    "I usually turn in at midnight", "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

    synonyms : crawl in , go to bed , go to sleep , hit the hay , hit the sack , kip down , retire , sack out , turn in

  • (verb) have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm", "Adam knew Eve", "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

    synonyms : bang , be intimate , bonk , do it , eff , fuck , get it on , get laid , have a go at it , have intercourse , have it away , have it off , have sex , hump , jazz , know , lie with , love , make love , make out , roll in the hay , screw , sleep together , sleep with

  • (verb) put to bed

    "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

  • (verb) place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

  • (verb) furnish with a bed

    "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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