bed
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forBedoanas . A bed (furniture) Inherited fromMiddle English bed bedde Old English bedd Proto-West Germanic *badi Proto-Germanic *badją ( “ resting-place, plot of ground ” ) .
Cognates
Cognate withScots bed North Frisian baad beed Bēr Saterland Frisian Bääd West Frisian bêd Cimbrian pett Dutch bed Dutch Low Saxon bedde German Bett Bette German Low German Bedd Luxembourgish Bett Vilamovian bet Danish Norwegian Bokmål bed Faroese Icelandic beð beður Norwegian Nynorsk bed bedd Swedish bädd Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 ( badi ) , all meaning “bed”.
further possible etymology and cognates
bed (countable anduncountable plural beds
( countable ) furniture , usually flat and soft, on which torest orsleep .My cat often sleeps on mybed .
I keep a glass of water next to mybed when I sleep.
1762 Charles Johnstone ,The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools →OCLC 202 :At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of herbed , and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them [ …]
A preparedspot in which to spend the night.When camping, he usually makes abed for the night from hay and a blanket.
( usually after a preposition ) I had breakfast inbed this morning.
( uncountable , usually after a preposition) He's been afraid ofbed since he saw the scary film.
( uncountable , usually after a preposition) bedtime .I read untilbed .
( uncountable ) 1903 Lectures on Massage and Electricity in the Treatment of Disease , page276 :I am quite sure that too muchbed , if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary.
1907 Jabez Spencer Balfour ,My Prison Life , page181 :Some prisoners, indeed, are always up before the bell rings — such was my practice — they prefer to grope about in the dark to tossing about in the utter weariness of too muchbed .
1972 Principles of Medicine: An Integrated Textbook for Nurses :This condition is one of the dangers of “too muchbed ”. The nurse should inspect the legs of each patient daily
( figurative ) Marriage .( figurative , uncountable ) Sexual activity .Too muchbed , not enough rest.
Clipping ofbedroom 2beds , 1 bath
A place, or flatsurface orlayer , on which something elserests or islaid .The meats and cheeses lay on abed of lettuce.
( countable ) bottom of a body of water, such as anocean ,sea ,lake , orriver .[from later 16th c.] seabed
riverbed
There’s a lot of trash on thebed of the river.
An area where a large number ofoysters ,mussels , othersessile shellfish , or a large amount ofseaweed is found.Oysters are farmed from theirbeds .
1941 Emily Carr , chapter 18, inKlee Wyck [1] I knew that there werekelp beds and reefs which could rip the bottoms from boats down in Skedans Bay. Agarden plot .We added a new bush to our rosebed .
1907 Robert W[illiam] Chambers , “Afterglow”, inThe Younger Set , New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company ,→OCLC page168 :Breezes blowing frombeds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
A foundation or supporting surface formed of afluid .Abed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
The superficialearthwork , orballast , of arailroad . ( US , Canada , automotive ) platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports theload to be hauled.Synonym: tray Hyponym: truckbed The parcels were loaded onto the truckbed before transportation.
Ashaped piece oftimber to hold acask clear of aship’s floor ; apallet . ( printing , dated ) press , on which theform is laid.( computing ) scanner on which adocument is placed to be scanned.A piece ofmusic , normallyinstrumental , over which aradio DJ talks. ( darts ) delimited by awire .( trampoline ) trampoline .2000 Sports: The Complete Visual Reference [2] These 5 judges mark the athlete's staying in the center of thebed , uniformity of bounce heights, and general style.
( heading ) A horizontallayer orsurface . Adeposit ofore ,coal ,etc. ( countable , geology ) stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes ) separating it from layers above and below.Synonyms: layer stratum ( masonry ) the upper and lowerbeds
( masonry ) [ 1] ( masonry ) course of stone or brick in awall .To prepare a bed (in the sense of sleeping furniture) is usually tomake the bed ( Southern US ) tospread the bed spread bedspread bed requires no article after certain prepositions: hencein bed ( “ lying in a bed ” ) ,go to bed ( “ get into a bed ” ) , and so on. The formsin a bed , etc. do exist, but tend to imply mere presence in the bed, without it being for the purpose of sleep. See alsoAppendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take .
abed air bed (airbed )alveolar bed angel bed ant-bed apple-pie bed arrester bed asparagus bed bark bed bed and board bed and breakfast /bed-and-breakfast →B&B-ing ,B&B deal ,B&B transaction bed bath (bed-bath )bed blocker (bedblocker /bed-blocker )bed blocking bedboard bedbound bedbox bed-breaking bedbug (bed bug )bedchair bedchamber bed check (bed-check )bed-closet bedclothes bedclothing bedcord bedcover (bed cover /bed-cover )bedcovering bedcurtain beddable bedder bedding beddy bedfast (bed-fast )bedfellow bedform bedframe (bed frame /bed-frame )bedful bedgown bedground (bed ground )bed hair bedhanging bedhead bed head →bed-headed bed-hop →bed-hopper bed in bed-in beditation bedjacket (bed jacket /bed-jacket )bedkey bedknob bedless bedlight bedlike bed linen bedlinen bedliner bedload (bed load )bedlock bedmaker bedmaking bedmate bed-mould ,bed moulding bednet bed of down bed of honour bed of justice bed of nails bed of roses bed out bed pad bedpan bedpartner bedpiece bedplate bedpost bed push bedquilt bedrail bedrel bed rest bedrest bedridden (bed-ridden )bedrite bedrobe bedrock bedroll bedroom (bed-room ) →bedsit ,bed-sitter /bedsitter ,bed-sitting room bed rot bed rotting bed ruffle bed screw bedset bed settee bedshare bedsheet (bed sheet )bedside bedsite bedskirt bedsock bedsore bedspace bed spacing bedspread bedspring bedstaff bedstand bedstead bedstock bedstone bedstraw bed surfing bed surf →bed surfer bedswerver bedtable bed tea (bed-tea )bedtick bedtop bed trick bed truck bed urinal bed wagon bedward bedwards bedwarmer bedwear bed wench bedwetter bedwetting bed-wettingly bed-wet →bed-wetter (bed wetter ),bed-wetting bedwise bedwork bedworthy bed wrench biobed bonebed bottomset bed box-bed ,box bed (boxbed )breakfast in bed bridebed bring to bed bunk bed cabin bed camp bed canopy bed capillary bed chair bed Chesterfield bed childbed child-bed child bed clawbed claybed coal bed co-bed come to bed come-to-bed creek bed creekbed cryobed day bed daybed deathbed conversion (death bed c. /death-bed c. )deathbed (death bed /death-bed )dirt bed divan bed divorce from bed and board dog bed double bed ebullating bed family bed featherbed (feather bed /feather-bed )field bed filter bed flatbed flower-bed flowerbed (flower bed )fluidized bed footbed four-poster bed French bed full bed Gatch bed gatch bed get out of bed on the wrong side get up on the wrong side of the bed (…of bed ) go to bed →go to bed with ,…with the chickens ,…with the sun granny-pop-out-of-bed green-bed hay bed hide-a-bed hog bed Hollywood bed hospital bed hot bed ,hotbed in bed →in bed with interbed interbedded in the bed Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon John-go-to-bed-at-noon kelp bed key bed keybed kick someone out of bed lakebed lazy bed ,lazy-bed lesbian bed death lie in the bed one has made loft bed make one's bed →…and lie in it make the bed marker bed marriage bed monster under the bed multibed Murphy bed nailbed (nail bed )nettlebed oceanbed orthopaedic bed orthopedic bed out of bed overbed oyster bed pebble-bed reactor pencil-post bed pie bed pig bed pissabed ,piss-the-bed ,pissy bed (pissy-bed )plank bed platform bed (see platform )Polish bed powder-bed print bed Procrustean bed procrustean bed put to bed put to bed with a shovel railbed raised bed rebed redbed red under the bed reed bed riverbed (river bed /river-bed )roadbed roller bed rope bed rosebed sandbed scanbed sea bed seabed seedbed settee bed settle bed share a bed shell bed shit the bed sickbed single bed sleigh bed slug-a-bed sofa-bed (sofa bed )spawning bed spring bed stakebed stand-by-bed strawbed straw-bed (straw bed )streambed stream bed stringbed sunbed surbed take to one's bed tan bed tanning bed tent bed testbed test bed throw someone out of bed too much bed makes a dull head trackbed (track bed )trestle bed truckle bed trundle bed twin bed unbed underbed vac bed vacuum bed wake up on the wrong side of the bed (…of bed )waterbed (water bed /water-bed )wet the bed you make the bed you lie in Z-bed zed-bed bed (third-person singular simple present beds present participle bedding simple past and past participle bedded
Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. ( intransitive ) sleep .I usually listen to music before Ibed .
( transitive ) 1622 i.e. Francis Bacon ],The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, [ … ] [ … ] W[ illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret,→OCLC For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnlybedded , and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration
( transitive ) ( ambitransitive ) sex (with).[from early 14th c.] Synonyms: coitize go to bed with sleep with see also Thesaurus:copulate with 1730 The Institutes of the Law of Scotland , page121 :And he who lies with another Man's Wife after she is married, even before her Husband hadbedded with her, is guilty of Adultery,[ …]
( intransitive , hunting ) game animals: to be atrest .Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. ( transitive ) embed .1810/1835 ,William Wordsworth ,Guide to the Lakes Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water arebedded . 2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, inThe Daily Telegraph (Property)[3] But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive tobed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.
( transitive ) matrix , aspaving stones insand , ortiles incement .( transitive ) garden bed.( transitive ) ( transitive ) recumbent position.c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene iv] :Yourbedded hair like life in excrements
Tosettle , as machinery. FromDutch bed Middle Dutch bedde Old Dutch bedde Proto-Germanic *badją
bed (plural beddens diminutive bedjie
bed Synonym: kooi FromEnglish bird
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bird FromEnglish bed
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bed FromProto-Brythonic *bɨd Proto-Celtic *bitus Welsh byd Cornish bys
bed m plural bedoù
world universe Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
Ian Press (1986 ),A grammar of modern Breton , Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter,→ISBN 322 FromGerman Beet ( “ bed for plants ” ) , originally the same word asBett ( “ bed for sleeping ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *badją English bed Swedish bädd
bed n singular definite bedet plural indefinite bede
bed ( a garden plot ) FromOld Norse beit f ( “ pasturage ” ) ,Old Norse beita f ( “ bait ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *baitō ( “ food, bait ” ) , cognate withGerman Beize ( “ mordant ” ) (whenceDanish bejdse
bed (definitive plural bedene
( obsolete ) pasturage only in the expression:gå See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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past ofbide See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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imperative ofbede FromMiddle Dutch bedde Old Dutch bedde Proto-West Germanic *badi Proto-Germanic *badją
bed n plural bedden diminutive bedje n
bed ( furniture for sleeping ) Ze kocht een nieuwbed voor haar nieuwe appartement. ―She bought a newbed for her new apartment. Ik wil vroeg naarbed gaan vanavond. ―I want to go tobed early tonight. Ditbed is zo comfortabel dat ik er de hele dag in zou kunnen blijven. ―Thisbed is so comfortable, I could stay in it all day. ( garden, agriculture ) patch ,bed layer , often asubstratum bed of a body ofwater 1950 Drie jongens op een onbewoond eiland , Stenvert:Op een gegeven ogenblik stieten ze op een uitgedroogde beekbedding; hetbed van de beek was naakte lava. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) Derived fromEnglish bed
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( countable ) bed ( a piece offurniture , usually flat and soft, on which torest orsleep ) 2000 Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament [4] →ISBN page22 :Den Jesus wen go Peter’s house. He go inside, an see Peter’s mudda-in-law on top dabed . She get feva. And when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother inbed , very ill. Inherited fromOld English bedd [ 1] Proto-West Germanic *badi Proto-Germanic *badją
bed plural beddes genitive singular beddes dative singular bedde
Aplace ofrest orsleep :Abed piece offurniture forsleeping on. Apallet ,bedroll , or otherportable bed ( rare ) bedroom orresting -place . Aflowerbed ; agarden plot . In extended or figurative senses: Sex ;sexual intercourse .Apersonal attribute thatsupports ( someone orsomething ) . A kind ofrough fabric forbedding .[ 2] ( rare ) lineage ordescent .( rare ) place ofburial . ^ “bed,n.(1). ”, inMED Online University of Michigan ,2007 ^ “bed,n.(2). ”, inMED Online University of Michigan ,2007 bed
alternative form ofbede bed
bad FromDanish bed German Beet
bed n definite singular bedet indefinite plural bed definite plural beda or bedene
( horticulture ) bed ( for plants ) bed
imperative ofbede “bed” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromGerman Beet
bed n definite singular bedet indefinite plural bed definite plural beda
( horticulture ) bed ( for plants ) bed
present tense ofbeda imperative ofbeda FromOld Norse beðr
bed m definite singular beden indefinite plural bedar definite plural bedane
( pre-2012 ) alternative form ofbedd “bed” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .bed n
alternative form ofbedd Stronga -stem:
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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third-person singular past subjunctive ofat·tá See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofis third-person singular past subjunctive third-person singular / second-person plural imperative third-person singular conditional relative bad ( 3 sg. past subj.; 3 sg. and 2 pl. imperative ) Mutation ofbed radical lenition nasalization bed bed pronounced with /βʲ-/ mbed
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
FromProto-West Germanic *badi Proto-Germanic *badją ( “ dug sleeping-place ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- ( “ to dig ” ) .
Cognate withOld Frisian bed Old English bedd Dutch bed Old High German betti Old Norse beðr Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 ( badi ) . The Indo-European root is also the source ofAncient Greek βοθυρος ( bothuros ,“ pit ” ) ,Latin fossa ( “ ditch ” ) ,Latvian bedre ( “ hole ” ) ,Welsh bedd Breton bez ( “ grave ” ) .
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bed (Can wedate this quote?) ,Heliand , verse 2309:thena lefna lamon bārun mid isbeddiu They were bearing the living lame man with hisbed Inherited fromMiddle English bed bedde Old English bedd Proto-West Germanic *badi Proto-Germanic *badją ( “ resting-place, plot of ground ” ) .
bed (plural beds
( countable ) bed ( a piece offurniture , usually flat and soft, on which torest orsleep ) 1904 The New Testament in Braid Scots [5] page89 :And he in‐by sal say, ‘Fash‐me‐na ! the door has been steekit, and my weans are a’ wi’ me i’ thebed ; and I canna rise to gie ye !’ And he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me inbed . I can’t get up and give it to you.’ bed (contracted be
imperative ofbedja Borrowed fromEnglish bed German Bett
bed (nominative plural beds
bed 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
