bed rest

noun

: confinement of a sick person to bed

Examples of bed rest in a Sentence

The doctor prescribed bed rest for a month.

Recent Examples on the Web

Two years of full-time motherhood, postpartum depression, bed rest during a complicated second pregnancy, therapy, medication, and the complete demolition of an identity built on achievement and external metrics. — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

JoJo Siwa is on bed rest after getting thrown out of her golf cart. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026

When Lousie was 29 weeks pregnant, she was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

Some of them broke their bed rest in order to work out on a more traditional suite of exercise equipment, and some of them used the flywheel. — Katia Riddle, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bed rest

• abreast
• accessed
• addressed
• appressed
• armrest
• arrest
• assessed
• attest
• backrest
• behest
• bequest
• caressed

Medical Definition

bed rest

noun

: confinement of a sick person to bed