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Meaning of abed | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2 Specialized
əˈbɛd

Definitions

  1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
    archaic, not-comparable
  2. To childbed
    archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“Not to be abed after midnight”
“[She] is sick abed.”
“The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.”
“Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?”
“I mean, she's brought a-bed”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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