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| 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" |
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