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From Old English bedd, from Proto-Germanic *badjan (“‘dug sleeping-place’”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhedh- (“‘dig’”). Cognate with Dutch bed, German Bett; and (from Indo-European) with Greek βοθυρος ‘pit’, Latin fossa ‘ditch’, Latvian bedre ‘hole’, Welsh bedd, Breton bez ‘grave’; and probably also Russian бодать.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular bed |
Plural beds |
bed (plural beds)
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on.
- My cat often sleeps on my bed.
- I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
- (uncountable) One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept.
- Go to bed!
- He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
- I had breakfast in bed this morning.
- A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed.
- He made a bed to sleep in for the night from hay and a blanket.
- A garden plot, as in "bed of roses".
- We added a new rosebush to our rose bed.
- The bottom of a lake or other body of water, as in "sea bed".
- There's a lot of trash on the bed of the river.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.
- Oysters are farmed from their beds.
- A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed.
- The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- The parcels were thrown onto the truck bed before transportation.
- A deposit of ore, coal etc.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks.
Usage notes
Sense 1. To prepare a bed is usually to "make" the bed, or (US, Southern) to "spread" the bed, the verb spread probably having been developed from bedspread.
See also Appendix:MakeDoTakeHaveDerived terms
Terms derived from the noun "bed"Verb
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Infinitive to bed |
Third person singular beds |
Simple past bedded |
Past participle bedded |
Present participle bedding |
to bed (third-person singular simple present beds, present participle bedding, simple past and past participle bedded)
- To go to a sleeping bed.
- To put oneself to sleep.
- To settle, as machinery.
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
- To set out plants in a garden bed.
- (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
Derived terms
- bed down
- bedder
- bedspread, bedstead, bedpost, poster bed, bedspring, bedsheet, bed head
- breakfast in bed
- embed
Translations
to go to a sleeping bed
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Anagrams
Breton
Noun
bed m. (plural bedoù)
Danish
Etymology 1
From German Beet (“‘bed’”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bed/, [b̥eð]
Noun
bed n. (singular definite bedet, plural indefinite bede)
- bed (a garden plot)
Inflection
Inflection of bed| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | bed | bedet | bede | bedene |
| genitive | beds | bedets | bedes | bedenes |
Etymology 2
See bide.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /beːd/, [b̥eðˀ]
Verb
bed
- Past of bide.
Etymology 3
See bede.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /beːd/, [b̥eðˀ]
Verb
bed
- Imperative of bede.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
bed n. (plural bedden, diminutive bedje, diminutive plural bedjes)
Derived terms
Kurdish
Adjective
bed
- bad (not good)
This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at bad. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see bed in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
Swedish
Verb
bed
- Imperative of bedja.
Alternative spellings
be (everyday form)
Volapük
Noun
bed
- Bed.
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Q. I've seen those plastic holders that supposedly stick to the floor, but they look kind of flimsy. Is it possible to replace wheels of frame with legs that won't slide? And on a related note, my headboard is not attached to the frame, so whenever the bed moves, so does the headboard. How can I prevent this? Any thoughts on good ways to attach a wooden headboard to a metal frame? Thanks!
Asked by Gretta S - Tue Apr 29 17:47:42 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Headboard first...Take the mattress/box springs off and line up the frame to the headboard. Drill through the holes in the frame and through the headboard. Attach the headboard tot he frame with bolts of the proper length and size. Get an old bath mat and cut it up into rectangles to fit under the wheels. Fold the rectangle over to form a square with the rubber side both up and down (rug in the middle). See if that takes care of the sliding. Dr. Tommy Skelton
Answered by tskelton155 - Tue Apr 29 17:59:37 2008
