noun
bed
BEHD
noun
1
A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
"He collapsed onto the bed after the long flight."
2
A plot of ground prepared for growing plants.
"She planted tulip bulbs along the flower bed."
3
The bottom of a body of water, such as a river or the sea.
"Divers explored an old shipwreck on the seabed."
verb
1
To place something in a supportive layer or setting; to embed.
"The workers bedded the paving stones in a layer of sand."
How to Use Bed
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA place to sleep, a garden plot, or the floor of a river/sea — plus the verb meaning to set something firmly in place.
Common pairings
go to bed
flower bed
riverbed
bed down for the night
Word Forms
bedded past tense, beds singular
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Etymology
From Old English bedd, "resting place, plot of ground," from an ancient Germanic root possibly connected to a much older word meaning "to dig" — which would also explain the "garden plot" sense.