bedded

verb

Definition of beddednext
past tense of bed
1
as in retired
to go to one's bed in order to sleep the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m.

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2
as in lodged
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth

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“Bedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedded. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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