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Bed

noun

1.

A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep. "The room had only a bed and chair"

2.

A plot of ground in which plants are growing.

3.

A depression forming the ground under a body of water. Synonym: bottom.

4.

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock).

5.

A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit. Synonym: seam.

6.

Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance. Synonym: layer.

7.

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..

8.

A foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track.

verb

(past & past part. bedded; pres. part. bedding)

1.

Furnish with a bed.

2.

Place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil.

3.

Put to bed.

4.

Have sexual intercourse with. 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. "Adam knew Eve" , "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

5.

Prepare for sleep. Synonyms: crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

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"Bed" Quotes from Famous Books

... was his pleasure and pastime, he preferred it, even in his boyhood, to the sports and recreations for which most boys neglect their studies. When in college he sat up at night after other students were in bed to pursue the study of German and other modern languages not then required by the college course. This he did from the pure love of these studies, without the aid of a teacher, and without the social stimulus of any companionship in such pursuits. ...

— The History of Dartmouth College • Baxter Perry Smith

... an early riser, was up not anywhere near so early next morning as was Bess Thornton. There was light in the east, but the sun had not begun to roll above the hill-tops when the child stole quietly out of bed, slipped into her few garments, and hurried barefoot, from the room where she and Grannie Thornton slept. The old woman ...

— The Rival Campers Ashore - The Mystery of the Mill • Ruel Perley Smith

... watchfulness now. Every hour and every mile they scanned the landscape, and, for further precaution, kept away from close proximity to the river bed. That was not a safe route, as enemies on the other side of the river would have an unobstructed view, whereas by traveling inland, but within sight of the river, they could still view the banks of ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay

... the pillar of cloud changed its position from before them and stood behind them. (20b) And the cloud lighted up the night; yet throughout the entire night the one army did not come near the other. (21b) And Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the bed of the sea dry. (24b) And it came to pass in the watch before the dawn that Jehovah looked forth through the pillar of fire and of cloud upon the host of the Egyptians, (25) and he ...

— The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament • Charles Foster Kent

... to the depth of six to ten inches, is usually placed upon the tanks, and used as a plunging bed for pots containing cuttings; or the cuttings are sometimes inserted ...

— Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings • George E. Woodward

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