bed down

verb

bedded down; bedding down; beds down

1

: to lie down somewhere for sleep

There were so many people that some of us had to bed down in the living room.

2

: to provide (a person or animal) with a place to sleep

They bedded us down in the living room.

When the animals had been fed and bedded down, we went inside to eat dinner.

Examples of bed down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the Olive Groves in Puglia For an authentic Puglian stay, nothing beats bedding down in one of the locale's iconic conical homes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2026

No Southern garden is complete without a camellia bursting into bloom while the rest of the plants are bedded down for winter. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026

On Friday, the staff had finished their iftar meal, ending their daily fast for Ramadan, and were bedding down for the night. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026

The hotel that doesn’t just provide a place to bed down but reflects the city’s grandest vision of itself—a Carlyle or Claridge’s or, in the case of a smaller city like San Francisco, a miniature grande dame like the Beau-Rivage Genève. — Ben Ryder Howe, Air Mail, 14 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for bed down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown