Meaning of abed | Babel Free
/əˈbɛd/Definitions
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In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. archaic, not-comparable
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To childbed archaic, not-comparable
Translations
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.