
bed
n 1: 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"
2: a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener
planted a bed of roses"
3: a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he
searched for treasure on the ocean bed" [syn: {bottom}]
4: (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock);
"they found a bed of standstone"
5: a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with
profit; "he worked in the coal beds" [syn: {seam}]
6: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn: {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; "the track bed had washed away"
v 1: furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new
arrivals"
2: place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
3: put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
4: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: {roll in the hay}, {love},
{make out}, {make love}, {sleep with}, {get laid}, {have
sex}, {know}, {do it}, {be intimate}, {have intercourse},
{have it away}, {have it off}, {screw}, {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff},
{hump}, {lie with}, {have a go at it}, {bang}, {get it on},
{bonk}]
5: go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at
midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn" [syn: {go
to bed}, {turn in}, {crawl in}, {kip down}, {hit the hay},
{hit the sack}, {sack out}, {go to sleep}, {retire}]
[ant: {get up}, {get up}]
[also: {bedding}, {bedded}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
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