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- pronunciation:
- bed
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- get up on the wrong side of the bed, make a bed, put to bed
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a piece of furniture used for resting or sleeping.
The city hospital has three hundred beds.My bed needs a new mattress.
- synonyms:
- bunk, cot, fourposter
- similar words:
- berth, sack, truckle, trundle bed
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| definition 2: |
any place or thing used for resting or sleeping.
We slept in the barn on beds of straw.The dog seems to like his new bed.- synonyms:
- berth, pallet, roost, sleeping bag
- similar words:
- bedroom, chamber, sack
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| definition 3: |
an area of ground used for planting, or the plants themselves.
We're putting in a new flower bed on the side of the house.- synonyms:
- garden, patch, plot
- similar words:
- flat, plat
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| definition 4: |
the bottom of a body of water.
a lake bed- synonyms:
- bottom
- similar words:
- base, channel, floor
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| definition 5: |
a supporting base or layer.
We put in a bed of gravel under the bricks.The shrimp are served on a bed of lettuce.- synonyms:
- foundation, layer, substratum
- similar words:
- base, basis, deposit, lode, seam, stratum, substructure, support
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| definition 6: |
the area behind the cab of a truck on which the truck's cargo is loaded.
I lined the truck bed with a tarpaulin before loading the containers. |
| related words: |
border, bottom, bunk, depth, foundation, kettle |
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| phrase: |
get up on the wrong side of the bed |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
beds, bedding, bedded |
| definition 1: |
to give a resting or sleeping place to (often fol. by "down").
The farmer took pity on the hobo and bedded him down in the barn for the night.- similar words:
- accommodate, billet, house, lodge, sleep
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| definition 2: |
to put to bed (often fol. by "down").
As children, we were happy to be bedded down in our grandmother's porch.- synonyms:
- tack
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| definition 3: |
to have sexual intercourse with (someone) in bed.
The king had bedded her, and she was now with child.- similar words:
- lay, screw, seduce
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| related words: |
love, quarter, stall |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to have sleeping accommodations, as in a hotel.
They'll be bedding in a youth hostel while in Italy.- similar words:
- bunk, lodge, room
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| phrase: |
make a bed, put to bed |
A Latin word that meant "to dig or burrow" was the origin of the English word bed.
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