bed
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 - n a plot of ground in which plants are growing
the gardener planted a bed of roses - n a depression forming the ground under a body of water
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed - n (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
they found a bed of sandstone - n a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
he worked in the coal beds - n single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach - 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.
- n a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
the track bed had washed away - v furnish with a bed
The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals - v place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- v put to bed
The children were bedded at ten o'clock - v have sexual intercourse with
- v prepare for sleep
He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
- When a psychiatric patient is judged to be in need of restraint, orderlies bundle him into the bed and lock tight the cage causing some mentally unstable patients to howl with .
- To stop nervous or badly trained children from wetting their beds, a habit which should cease by the age of three, Northwestern University psychologists last week recommended .
- The hovering bed is the daydream of a Dutch designer who says he was inspired by the monolith in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.