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Meaning of abed | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1
/əˈbɛd/

Definitions

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

Translations

Deutsch im Bett zu Bett
Español acostado en cama
Français au lit
Italiano a letto
Nederlands bedlegerig te bed
Português deitado (na cama)
Русский в посте́ли

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

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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