beddˈing noun

1. Bedclothes, etc, with or without the mattress
2. Litter for cattle
3. Stratification (geology; false bedding see under false)

bedˈward or bedˈwards adverb

1. In the direction of bed
2. Towards bedtime

bedˈbath noun

The washing of a sick person in his or her bed, a blanket bath

bedˈ-blocking noun

A situation in which a hospital patient, though fit, cannot vacate a bed because there is no aftercare available

bedˈ-bottle noun

A bottle for bedridden males to urinate in

bedˈbug noun

A brown flattened biting bug (Cimex lectularius)

bedˈchamber noun (archaic)

A bedroom

bedˈ-closet noun

A closet serving as a bedroom

bedˈclothes plural noun

Sheets, blankets, etc for a bed

bedˈcover noun

An upper covering for a bed

bedding plant noun

A plant sufficiently well-grown for planting in a bed

beddˈy-bye or -byes noun (used in speaking to children or facetious)

Bed, as a place to sleep

bedˈfast adjective (Scot and N Eng)

Confined to bed

bedˈfellow noun

1. A sharer of a bed
2. A colleague (figurative)
3. Something or someone that associates with another (figurative)

bed'head noun

1. The headboard of a bed
2. (also bed hair) the dishevelled appearance of the hair after sleeping (informal)

bedˈ-hopping noun (informal)

Having a series of casual sexual affairs

bedˈ-jacket noun

A light jacket worn when sitting up in bed

bedˈ-key noun

A tool for tightening a bedstead

bed linen noun

Sheets and pillowcases

bedˈmaker noun

A person who makes the beds and cleans college rooms at Oxford, etc

bedˈpan noun

1. A utensil into which a person confined to bed can urinate and defecate
2. A warming pan

bedˈplate noun (mechanics)

The metal base to which the frame of a machine, engine, etc is attached

bedˈpost noun

A corner support of a bedstead

bedˈpresser noun (Shakespeare)

A heavy, lazy fellow

bedˈ-rest noun

1. Confinement to bed, usu on medical orders
2. A support for someone sitting up in bed

bedˈridden (also obsolete bedˈrid) adjective

1. Confined to bed by age or sickness
2. Worn-out

bedˈright or bedˈrite noun (Shakespeare)

The privilege or due of the marriage-bed

bedˈrock noun

1. The solid rock underneath superficial formations
2. Fundamental principles
3. The lowest state

adjective

1. Bottom, lowest
2. Basic, fundamental

bedˈroll noun

A sleeping-bag or bedclothes rolled up so as to be easily carried by a camper, etc

bedˈroom noun

1. A room with a bed
2. A sleeping apartment
3. Room in bed, sleeping space

adjective

(esp of a comedy or farce) involving or hinting at sexual activity between people in a bedroom, in night-clothes, etc

bedroom tax noun (informal)

In Britain, a financial penalty imposed on tenants if a property supplied by a local authority or housing association contains more rooms than is merited by the size of the household

bedˈ-settee noun

A sofa that converts into a bed

bedˈ-sheet noun

A cotton, nylon, etc sheet for a bed

bedˈside noun

The space beside a bed (also adjective)

bedside book noun

One esp suitable for reading in bed

bedside manner noun

That assumed by a doctor, etc at a sickbed

bedsittˈing-room noun

A combined bedroom and sitting room, eg in lodgings (shortened to bedˈsit or bedˈsitter)

bedˈsocks plural noun

Warm socks for wearing in bed

bedˈsore noun

An ulcer, esp over the bony prominences, arising from long confinement to bed (also called pressure sore)

bedˈspread noun

A coverlet put over a bed by day

bedˈ-staff noun

1. A staff or lath formerly used for various purposes in connection with beds
2. A handy weapon

bedˈstead noun

A frame for supporting a bed

bedˈstraw noun

Any plant of the genus Galium, esp (Our) Lady's bedstraw (G. verum), once used as stuffing for mattresses

bedˈ-swerver noun (Shakespeare)

A person false to his or her marriage vow

bedˈ-table noun

A table for use by a person in bed

bedˈtick noun (old)

The case into which stuffing is put to make a mattress

bedˈtime noun

The time for going to bed

adjective

To do with, or suitable for, bedtime

bedˈ-warmer noun

A warming pan

bedˈ-wetting noun

The accidental passing of urine in bed

bedˈ-work noun (Shakespeare)

Work easily performed, as if done in bed

bedˈ-worthy adjective (informal)

Sexually attractive

be brought to bed (of) (archaic)

To give birth (to)

bed and board

1. Food and lodging
2. Full connubial relations

bed and breakfast

Overnight accommodation with breakfast at a hotel, etc (bedˈ-and-breakˈfast adjective (stock exchange) of deals in which shares are sold one day and rebought the next (also transitive verb))

bed down

To (cause to) settle down, esp in a makeshift bed, for sleep

bed of down

A bed of roses

bed of honour

The grave of a soldier who has fallen in battle

bed of justice

1. (Fr lit de justice) the king's throne in the Parlement of Paris
2. A sitting at which the king was present, chiefly for the registration of his own decrees

bed of nails

1. The board studded with nails on which fakirs lie
2. An extremely difficult and uncomfortable situation

bed of roses

Any easy or comfortable place

bed out

To plant out in a flower-bed, etc

get in bed with (commercial jargon)

To form an alliance with (another business)

get out of bed on the wrong side

To start the day in a bad mood

go or put to bed

(of newspapers, magazines, etc) to go to or send to press

go to bed with

To have sexual intercourse with

keep one's bed (archaic)

To remain in bed

lie in the bed one has made

To have to accept the consequences of one's own acts

Lords or Ladies of the Bedchamber

Officers in the royal household who wait upon a king or queen

make a bed

To tidy and put in order the bedclothes on a bed

take to one's bed

To go to bed because of illness, grief, age, etc

false /föls/

adjective

1. Wrong
2. Erroneous
3. Deceptive or deceiving
4. Untruthful
5. Unfaithful (old)
6. Untrue
7. Not genuine or real, counterfeit
8. Improperly so called
9. (of teeth, etc) artificial, as opposed to natural
10. Out of tune

adverb

1. Incorrectly
2. Untruly
3. Dishonestly
4. Faithlessly

noun (obsolete)

1. Falsehood
2. Untruth

transitive verb (obsolete)

1. To deceive, be false to
2. To feign
3. To falsify

falseˈhood noun

1. The state or quality of being false
2. Lack of truth
3. Deceitfulness (obsolete)
4. False appearance (obsolete)
5. An untrue statement
6. The act of lying
7. A lie

falseˈly adverb

falseˈness noun

falsˈer noun

1. A falsifier, counterfeiter (obsolete)
2. A deceiver, a liar (Spenser)

falˈsies noun (informal)

Pads of rubber or other material inserted into a brassière to enlarge or improve the shape of the breasts

falsˈish adjective

Somewhat false

falsˈism noun

A self-evident falsity

falsˈity noun

1. The quality of being false
2. A false assertion

false acacia noun

One of the shrubs and trees of the N American genus Robinia, to which the locust tree also belongs

false alarm noun

A warning of danger which turns out to have been unnecessary

false-beddˈed adjective

false bedding noun (geology)

Irregular lamination running obliquely to the general stratification, due to deposition in banks by varying currents

false bottom noun

(eg in a suitcase) a partition cutting off and hiding a space between it and the true bottom

false card noun

A card played to deceive

false-cardˈ intransitive verb

false conception noun

A uterine growth consisting of non-fetal material

false dawn noun

A deceptive appearance simulating dawn (also figurative)

false face noun

A mask

falseˈ-faced adjective (Shakespeare)

Hypocritical

false friend noun

A term in a foreign language that does not mean what it appears to, eg in Italian, pretendere does not mean ‘to pretend’

false fruit noun

A pseudocarp

false gallop noun (archaic)

A canter

falseˈ-heartˈed adjective

Treacherous or deceitful

false hem noun

A strip of fabric added to the bottom of a garment, etc in order to deepen the hem

false imprisonment noun

Illegal detention by force or influence

false leg noun

The abdominal leg of an insect larva, a proleg

false memory syndrome noun

A condition of erroneous memory sometimes attributed to adults who recall childhood experiences, esp of sexual abuse, under hypnosis or other medical inducement (abbrev FMS)

false move noun

An ill-judged or careless act

false pregnancy noun

A psychological disorder in which many of the symptoms of pregnancy are simulated, pseudocyesis (see under pseud-)

false pretences plural noun

Deception

false quantity noun

Pronunciation or use of a long vowel as short or short as long

false relation noun (music)

Occurrence in different parts together or in succession of a tone and a chromatic derivative

false rib noun

One that does not reach the breastbone

false shame noun

Shame felt for something which is not shameful

false start noun

1. A start to a race that is declared invalid, esp because a competitor has started before the official signal (sport)
2. An unsuccessful attempt to begin an activity

false step noun

1. A stumble
2. A false move

false teeth noun

Artificial teeth, dentures

false topaz noun

Citrine (qv under citron)

false vampire noun

Any of various bats wrongly supposed to be blood-suckers

falseˈwork noun

A temporary framework used to support a building, etc during construction

play someone false

To act falsely or treacherously towards a person

put in a false position

To bring anyone into a position in which he or she will be misunderstood