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a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"

put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"

the flat surface of a printing press on which the form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"

put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.

(Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.

See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

A course of stone or brick in a wall.

The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

To place in a bed.

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

To furnish with a bed or bedding.

To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.

To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.

To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

To go to bed; to cohabit.

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.

(Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.

See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

A course of stone or brick in a wall.

The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

To place in a bed.

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

To furnish with a bed or bedding.

To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.

To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.

To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

To go to bed; to cohabit.

Equipment on which one may lie and sleep, especially as used to care for the hospital patient.

An article of furniture upon which one rests or sleeps; anything which serves as a resting-place, or in which something lies or is imbedded; a portion of a garden prepared and set apart for plants; the bottom of a river or any body of water; a layer of rock.

To furnish with a bed; plant, as flowers; lay in a layer; lay flat, or in order.

To go to bed.

Bedded.

Bedding.

A couch or place to sleep on: a plot in a garden: a place in which anything rests: the channel of a river: (geol.) a layer or stratum.

To place in bed: to sow or plant: to lay in layers:-pr.p. bedding; pa.p. bedded.

BEDCHAMBER, BEDDING.

A place to sleep on; place on which anything rests; layer; space allotted to plants.

To put in a bed; lay in layers; lay down.

To put to bed; plant in a bed; sleep.

Something for sleeping in or on; a couch.

A place for plants; a layer; stratum; foundation or support.

A structure on which another structure rests (e. g., the matrix of the nail) or in which it is imbedded (e.g., the parts immediately surrounding a tumor).

An article of furniture for sleeping on.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Gothic] An article of furniture to sleep or take rest on;-matrimonial connection ; marriage a plat of ground in a garden, usually a little raised;- bottom of a stream;- a layer, seam, or stratum ;-place on which any thing rests.

Something made to sleep on; lodging; marriage; bank of earth raised in a garden; the channel of a river, or any hollow; the place where any thing is generated; a layer, a stratum; To bring to bed, to deliver of a child; To make the bed, to put the bed in order after it has been used.