bed¹ /bed/

1. A couch or place to sleep on
2. A mattress
3. A bedstead
4. A garden plot
5. A layer of oysters, etc
6. A place in which anything rests
7. Conjugal union, sexual intercourse, the marriage-bed, matrimonial rights and duties
8. A place available for occupancy in a hospital, nursing home, etc
9. The channel of a river
10. A sea or lake bottom
11. A layer or stratum
12. The underside of something
13. An underlying surface
14. A flat surface on which something can be laid

1. To put to bed
2. To provide, or make, a bed for
3. To have sexual intercourse with (informal)
4. To plant in a bed
5. To lay in layers or on a surface
6. To embed

1. To go to bed
2. To cohabit

beddˈable adjective (informal)

Sexually attractive

beddˈer noun

1. A plant suitable for a flower-bed
2. A bedmaker in a Cambridge college (informal)

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)

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