| bed | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bed | 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" |
| ~ bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room, chamber | a room used primarily for sleeping. |
| ~ bedroom furniture | furniture intended for use in a bedroom. |
| ~ bedframe, bedstead | the framework of a bed. |
| ~ built in bed, bunk, berth | 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 bed, bunk | 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. |
| ~ mattress | a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bed | a plot of ground in which plants are growing.; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ plot of ground, plot of land, patch, plot | a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" |
| n. (object) | 3. bed, bottom | a depression forming the ground under a body of water.; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" |
| ~ lake bed, lake bottom | the bottom of a lake. |
| ~ natural depression, depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (object) | 4. bed | (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock).; "they found a bed of sandstone" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ 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). |
| ~ ore bed | a stratum of ore. |
| n. (location) | 5. bed, seam | a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit.; "he worked in the coal beds" |
| ~ 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). |
| ~ coal seam | a seam of coal. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. bed, layer | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ row, course | (construction) a layer of masonry.; "a course of bricks" |
| ~ cushion | the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle. |
| ~ interlayer | a layer placed between other layers. |
| ~ laminate | a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or 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.; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake" |
| ~ wall | a layer of material that encloses space.; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. bed | 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.. |
| ~ printing press, press | a machine used for printing. |
| ~ surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. bed | a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track.; "the track bed had washed away" |
| ~ understructure, base, groundwork, substructure, foundation, fundament, foot | lowest support of a structure.; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" |
| ~ railroad bed | a bed on which railroad track is laid. |
| ~ roadbed | a bed supporting a road. |
| v. (possession) | 9. bed | furnish with a bed.; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ bunk | provide with a bunk.; "We bunked the children upstairs" |
| v. (contact) | 10. bed | place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil. |
| ~ plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" |
| v. (contact) | 11. bed | put to bed.; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (contact) | 12. bang, be intimate, bed, 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 | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (body) | 13. bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in | prepare for sleep.; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" |
| ~ bed down, bunk down | go to bed.; "We bedded down at midnight" |
| lie | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. lie, prevarication | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. |
| ~ falsehood, untruth, falsity | a false statement. |
| ~ fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale, story | a trivial lie.; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" |
| ~ jactitation | (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law). |
| ~ whopper, walloper | a gross untruth; a blatant lie. |
| ~ white lie | an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite). |
| n. (person) | 2. lie, trygve halvden lie, trygve lie | Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968). |
| ~ diplomat, diplomatist | an official engaged in international negotiations. |
| n. (location) | 3. lie | position or manner in which something is situated. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| v. (stative) | 4. lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ nestle | lie in a sheltered position.; "The little cottage nestles in the forest" |
| ~ intervene | be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events.; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened" |
| ~ top | be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point.; "A star tops the Christmas Tree" |
| ~ mediate | occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others.; "mediate between the old and the new" |
| ~ ride | lie moored or anchored.; "Ship rides at anchor" |
| ~ lap | lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another. |
| ~ focalise, focalize, localise, localize | concentrate on a particular place or spot.; "The infection has localized in the left eye" |
| ~ slant | lie obliquely.; "A scar slanted across his face" |
| ~ precede, predate | come before.; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" |
| ~ underlie | lie underneath. |
| ~ cap, crest | lie at the top of.; "Snow capped the mountains" |
| ~ front, face, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| ~ back | be in back of.; "My garage backs their yard" |
| ~ flank | be located at the sides of something or somebody. |
| ~ head | be in the front of or on top of.; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| ~ overtop, command, overlook, dominate | look down on.; "The villa dominates the town" |
| ~ line, run along | be in line with; form a line along.; "trees line the riverbank" |
| ~ orient, point | be oriented.; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" |
| ~ look across, look out on, look out over, overlook | be oriented in a certain direction.; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson" |
| ~ rest, lie | have a place in relation to something else.; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" |
| v. (contact) | 5. lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ sun, sunbathe | expose one's body to the sun. |
| ~ sprawl | sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. |
| ~ recumb, recline, repose | lean in a comfortable resting position.; "He was reposing on the couch" |
| ~ overlie | lie upon; lie on top of.; "the granite overlies the older rocks" |
| ~ lie awake | lie without sleeping.; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long" |
| ~ repose | lie when dead.; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" |
| ~ bask | be exposed.; "The seals were basking in the sun" |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| v. (stative) | 6. consist, dwell, lie, lie in | originate (in).; "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (stative) | 7. lie | be and remain in a particular state or condition.; "lie dormant" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (communication) | 8. lie | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies.; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" |
| ~ perjure | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury. |
| ~ fib | tell a relatively insignificant lie.; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" |
| v. (stative) | 9. lie, rest | have a place in relation to something else.; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (motion) | 10. lie, lie down | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ stretch out, stretch | lie down comfortably.; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" |
| ~ charge | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. |
| ~ bow down, prostrate | get into a prostrate position, as in submission. |
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