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
Wash bedding, clothes, curtains and any other fabric in hot water, preferably with temperatures above 140 degrees. — Kate Linderman, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 And that is why cooling bedding is a must-have, especially during this time of year. — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Verb
Barring bedding season in the early summer when large fish guard nests in the shallows, bigger fish will hang out in deeper, cooler water most of the time. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 Creative projects could also turn into profitable side hustles, and flirting over your go-to bedding styles never felt so good. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 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
  • Fricker went on to star in another ITV drama Seekers, 1994 sports comedy Angels in the Outfield, 1997’s Masterminds, and 2011’s Albert Nobbs, before retiring from big-screen roles in 2015.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • The three-time Pro Bowl running back racked up 9,651 rushing yards and 55 rushing touchdowns in his NFL career, before retiring in 2017.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of retiring
Verb
  • Where to Stay There aren’t a ton of lodging options in Baileys Harbor, but the ones that do exist are all family-owned and independently operated.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
  • Human trafficking prevention Senate Bill 570 requires certain lodging operators to provide human trafficking awareness training to employees.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • The new model maintains Airstream’s convertible front dinette to create a flexible space for dining, relaxing, or even sleeping for an extra single traveler.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • As of January, when the Homeless Trust last tallied the county’s homeless population, 605 people were found sleeping on Miami’s streets — just over half of the county’s entire unsheltered population.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of sleeping
Verb
  • Naturally, Orr grew up rooting against Kansas whenever the schools met and was much maligned by his peers for it.
    — Latif Love July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • The only teams with clear rooting interests are the ones with a lone representative, including the Golden State Valkyries, Seattle Storm and Toronto Tempo.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of rooting
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  • Kids in pre-K-3 are still napping for the most part, and how does that work with alarm bells going off for the high school students to transfer classrooms?
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • He was spotted napping and playing with traffic cones near Tasmania's capital, Hobart.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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  • True progress means embedding these principles into all organizational functions, building trust as infrastructure, and continuing the work quietly, regardless of political shifts or public scrutiny.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • One of Tinic’s earliest moves when stepping into the CIO role was the creation of centralized data and AI teams, rather than embedding those resources into various infrastructure and application teams.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 8 July 2026
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