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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bed

1	n v	a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep furnish with a bed
2	n v	a depression forming the ground under a body of water place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
3	n	single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bed

n 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”

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; berth, built in bed, bunk
a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers; built-in bed
a bed that is built in and fixed to a wall; bunk
a rough bed (as at a campsite); bunk, bunk bed
beds built one above the other; camp bed, cot
a small bed that folds up for storage or transport; couch
a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment; deathbed
the bed on which a person dies; double bed
a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers; four-poster
a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains; hammock, sack
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily; marriage bed
the bed shared by a newly wed couple; Murphy bed
a bed that can be folded or swung into a cabinet when not being used; plank-bed
a bed of boards (without a mattress); platform bed
a bed without springs; sickbed
the bed on which a sick person lies; single bed
a bed for one occupant; sleigh bed
a bed with solid headboard and footboard that roll outward at the top; truckle, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed
a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; twin bed
one of a pair of identical beds; water bed
a bed with a mattress made of strong plastic that is filled with water; hospital bed
a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required; lower, lower berth
the lower of two berths; upper, upper berth
the higher of two berths

Type of:: bedroom furniture
furniture intended for use in a bedroom

v furnish with a bed

“The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals”

Types:: bunk
provide with a bunk

Type of:: furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to

v put to bed

“The children were bedded at ten o'clock”

Type of:: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location

v prepare for sleep

“He goes to bed at the crack of dawn”

Synonyms:: crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in

Antonyms:: arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
get up and out of bed

Types:: bed down, bunk down
go to bed; crash, doss, doss down
sleep in a convenient place

v 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

: make out, neck
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; have, take
have sex with; archaic use; fornicate
have sex without being married; swing
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; whore
have unlawful sex with a whore; wench
frequent prostitutes; bed-hop, bedhop, sleep around
be sexually active with more than one partner

Type of:: copulate, couple, mate, pair
engage in sexual intercourse

n a depression forming the ground under a body of water

“he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”

Synonyms:: bottom

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; lake bed, lake bottom
the bottom of a lake; Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed
the bottom of a sea or ocean; river bottom, riverbed
a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river; creek bed, streambed
a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream; abyssal zone
the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light; continental shelf
the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent; bathyal district, bathyal zone, continental slope
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone; neritic zone
the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms; twilight zone
the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach; dry wash, wash
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

Type of:: depression, natural depression
a sunken or depressed geological formation

n a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

“the track bed had washed away”

Types:: railroad bed
a bed on which railroad track is laid; roadbed
a bed supporting a road

Type of:: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
lowest support of a structure

n 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.

Type of:: surface
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

n a plot of ground in which plants are growing

“the gardener planted a bed of roses”

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; asparagus bed
a bed in which asparagus is growing; bed of flowers, flower bed, flowerbed
a bed in which flowers are growing; hotbed
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants; seedbed
a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting; turnip bed
a bed in which turnips are growing; bed of roses, rose bed
a flower bed in which roses are growing; tulip bed
a flowerbed in which tulips are growing

Type of:: patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of land
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

v place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

Type of:: plant, set
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

n single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

“slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”

Synonyms:: layer

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; backing, mount
something forming a back that is added for strengthening; blanket
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor; course, row
(construction) a layer of masonry; cushion
the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle; interlayer
a layer placed between other layers; lift
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot; overlay
a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface; ply
(usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood; tier
one of two or more layers one atop another; wall
a layer of material that encloses space; damp course, damp-proof course
a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building; row of bricks
a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line); top lift
the bottom layer of a heel

Type of:: artefact, artifact
a man-made object taken as a whole

n a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

“he worked in the coal beds”

Synonyms:: seam

Types:: coal seam
a seam of coal

Type of:: stratum
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

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

“they found a bed of sandstone”

Types:: ore bed
a stratum of ore

Type of:: stratum
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

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