“to bed”

The following 5 entries include the term to bed.

go to bed with

phrase

: to have sexual intercourse with (someone)

put to bed

phrase

: to make the final preparations for printing (something, such as a newspaper)

John-go-to-bed-at-noon

noun

: any of several plants whose flowers close about noon

go to bed

idiom

: to lie down in one's bed to sleep

put the children to bed

idiom

: to prepare children to go to sleep and put them in their beds


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