bedding 1 of 2

noun

Definition of beddingnext
as in clothes

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bedding

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verb

present participle of bed
1
as in retiring
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 lodging
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth

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Recent Examples of bedding
Noun
Passive cooling bedding doesn’t generate cold air or circulate liquid. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Guests receive bedding, pillows, towels, and linens, and share access to restrooms and shower facilities. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
On some long-haul international routes, premium cabins come with everything from lie-flat beds and plush bedding to amenity kits and multiple power outlets. — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026 Advertisement For most healthy people, bedding isn’t a major source of infectious disease. — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bedding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedding
  1. retiring
  2. lodging
  3. sleeping
  4. rooting
  5. napping
  6. embedding
Verb
  • Cierria Davison took a leap of faith to start Over the Top after retiring early from Walmart during the pandemic.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • More American women are retiring solo than ever before and redefining what financial independence looks like.
    — Angie O’Leary, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of retiring
Verb
  • That’s true even while lodging in a dorm room at Missouri Western State University, home of the Chiefs’ annual summer training camp.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The criminal complaint alleges that Castro fired a gun at the front door of a home in Minneapolis, striking a victim in the leg before lodging in a child’s bedroom wall, and then knowingly provided false information to an officer about it.
    — Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • Most Americans are already sleeping several degrees warmer than what experts suggest.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Los Angeles City Council members on Tuesday approved a resolution to remove 12 anti-camping zones around Hollywood, ending a years-long ban that prevented people from sitting, sleeping or camping in certain areas.
    — Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sleeping
Verb
  • Take soft-stem cuttings in late spring, use rooting hormone, and keep them moist and warm.
    — Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Propagate catmint in late spring or early summer by cutting 3- to 4-inch-long stems, removing the lower leaves, and dipping the stems in rooting hormone.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 July 2026
Definition of rooting
Verb
  • Not long thereafter he was struck up to 11 times while napping.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There are five sculptures, one for each of de Monteflores’s children; and Fraser herself was a toddler when the paintings on view were made, likely napping, her mother has said, while the work took shape.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of napping
Verb
  • Focusing on relevance means embedding inclusive practices directly into hiring criteria, project assignments, promotion pipelines, and performance reviews.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The model tends toward certain word choices repeatedly throughout a text, embedding a pattern that is meant to be perceptible only to someone with the key.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of embedding

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