Definition of bed
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: a piece of furniture on or in which to lie and sleep
b(1)
: a place of sex relations
(2)
: marital relationship
(3)
: close association : cahoots
a legislator in bed with lobbyists
c
: a place for sleeping
e(1)
: a mattress filled with soft material
(2)
: bedstead
f
: the equipment and services needed to care for one hospitalized patient or hotel guest
2
: a flat or level surface: such as
a
: a plot of ground prepared for plants
also
: the plants grown in such a plot
b
: the bottom of a body of water
especially
: an area of sea bottom supporting a heavy growth of a particular organism
an oyster bed
3
: a supporting surface or structure : foundation
5a
: the place or material in which a block or brick is laid
b
: the lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile
6
: a mass or heap resembling a bed
a bed of ashes served on a bed of lettuce
7
: an open, usually rectangular cargo area or platform at the rear of truck
a pickup truck with a short bed We loaded the equipment and put a cover over the truck bed.
8
music
a
: an instrumental or vocal track that is combined with other tracks to produce a musical composition
Turner gives the track an air of familiarity with his lead vocal, which sits atop an instrumental bed dominated by an infectious, sweeping string section. — Music Week
b
: a musical soundtrack (as to a motion picture or television show)
As a video tribute … played on a projector screen, with a music bed complementing a montage of pictures from different stages of the players' lives, a mom admitted to having tears in her eyes.— Joe Aguilar
go to bed with
in bed
in/into bed with
make one's bed and lie in it
: to have sexual intercourse with (someone)
She had gone to bed with a man she loved and had suffered the ultimate humiliation—rejection …— Evelyn Anthony
: in the act of sexual intercourse
caught her husband and another woman in bed together
informal
: in/into an improperly close relationship with
… he found himself in bed with those he used to see as the wrong kind of people …— Ronald Radosh The administration had gotten into bed with an obscure guerrilla army with which it had, in truth, few sympathies.— Mark Dennis et al.
—used to say that one is responsible for dealing with the problems that result from one's own bad decisions Why should taxpayers have to cover for the foolish investments and risky deals financial fat cats made? Wall Street made its bed, the thinking goes, and now those executives should lie in it. — The Dallas Morning Star
bed
verb
bedded; bedding
Definition of bed (Entry 2 of 3)
1a
: to find or make sleeping accommodations
—usually used with down a place to bed down
b
: to go to bed
—usually used with down bed down at midnight
2
: to form a layer
3
: to lie flat or flush
1a
: to furnish with a bed or bedding : settle in sleeping quarters
—often used with down
b
: to put, take, or send to bed
3a
: to lay flat or in a layer
b
: to make a bed in or of
4
: to have sexual intercourse with
BEd
abbreviationDefinition of BEd (Entry 3 of 3)
bachelor of education
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