bed

bed

verb

Definition of BED

1

to go to one's bed in order to sleep <the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m.>

Synonyms crash [slang], doss (down) [chiefly British], retire, turn in

Related Words bunk, perch, roost, settle; doze, drop off, nap, nod, sleep, slumber, snooze; couch, lie (down), recline

Phrases hit the hay (or sack)

Near Antonyms arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken; bestir, stir; reawake, reawaken; shift, stir

Antonyms arise, get up, rise, uprise

2

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter <a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth>

Synonyms bed, embed (also imbed), enroot, fix, impact, implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

Related Words imbue, infuse, instill; beat (into), drive (into); establish, place, put, settle, stick

Near Antonyms eliminate, eradicate; eject, expel; detach, disconnect, disengage, remove

Antonyms dislodge, root (out), uproot