Meaning of bed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
   countable
2. A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
   countable, uncountable
3. Initialism of banana equivalent dose.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Bachelor of Education
5. One's place of sleep or rest.
   countable, uncountable, usually
6. Initialism of binge eating disorder.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. Slang To become closely involved with another person or group, as in an intrigue: "The Israelis were experienced at this kind of [covert] ... work, but it was essential that the administration not get into bed with them on this" (Bob Woodward).
   Slang
8. Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
   uncountable, usually
9. To have sexual relations with.
10. The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
    uncountable, usually
11. Bachelor of Education.
12. Time spent in a bed.
    uncountable
13. A sedimentary layer of rock that is more than 1⁄2 in (1 cm) thick.
14. Marriage.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
15. The lowest or supporting part or structure:base, basis, bottom, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, seat, substratum, underpinning (often used in plural).
16. Sexual activity.
    figuratively, uncountable
17. Bachelor of Education; a first university degree in education or teaching. BEd بكالوريا في التَّرْبِيَه бакалавър по педагогика Bacharel em Educação bakalář pedagogických věd Dipl. Päd. BEd; B.Ed; bachelorgrad; lavere grad i pædagogik πτυχίο παιδαγωγικής επιστήμης (συντομογρ.) licenciatura en Magisterio kasvatusteaduste bakalaureus لیسانس آموزش و پرورش kasvatustieteiden kandidaatti licence en éducation תוֹאָר רִאשוֹן בְּחִינוּך शिक्षा स्नातक prvostupnik pedagoškog fakulteta neveléstudományi v...
18. Clipping of bedroom.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
19. having (a certain number or type of) bed(s). a double-bedded room. dubbelbedkamer ذو с няколко легла com cama(s) s ... lůžky ...-bett -sengsrum; -mandsrum -κλινος, με συγκεκριμένο αριθμό κρεβατιών (ως β΄ συνθ.) de ... camas voodiga تخته sänkyjen lukumäärä huoneessa à (...) lits עִם מִיטוֹת शैया -krevetni -ágyas bertempat tidur með (x mörgum) rúmum con (...) letti ～ベッド付きの 층상(層狀)의 lovų -guļams; -vietīgs katil kelamin met ... bed(den) -sengs, –manns o ... łóżkach د ټاكلي شمير بستر لرونكي com cam...
20. A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
    countable, uncountable
21. mattress, bedclothes etc. beddegoed مَفْروشات الأَسِرَّه завивки roupa de cama lůžkoviny das Bettzeug sengetøj κλινοστρωμνήropa de cama magamisvarustus رختخواب؛ تشک vuodevaatteet literie כְּלֵי מִיטָה बिछौना krevetnina ágynemű alas tidur sængurfatnaður; dÿna biancheria da letto 寝具 침구류 patalynė gultas piederumi katil beddengoed sengetøy/-klær/-utstyr pościel د خوب سامان، د ويده كيدو كالى roupa de cama aş­ter­­nut постельные принадлежности posteľovina posteljnina posteljina sängkläder เครื่องนอ...
    etc
22. The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
    countable
23. a small blood-sucking insect that lives in houses, especially beds. weeluis بَقُّ الفِراش дървеница percevejo štěnice die Wanze væggelus κοριόςchinche lutikas ساس lude punaiseפשפש खटमल stjenica poloska kepinding, kutu busuk veggjalús cimice dei letti なんきん虫 빈대 blakė blakts pijat wandluisveggedyrpluskwa خسک، خمنډك percevejo ploşniţă клоп ploštica stenica stenica vägglus ตัวเรือด tahtakurusu 臭蟲 блощиця بستر کا کیڑا ، کھٹمل con rệp 臭虫
24. An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
    countable, uncountable
25. A garden plot.
    countable, uncountable
26. A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
    countable, uncountable
27. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
    countable, uncountable
28. The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
    Canada, US, countable, uncountable
29. A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
    countable, uncountable
30. The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
    countable, dated, uncountable
31. The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
    countable, uncountable
32. A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
    countable, uncountable
33. Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
    countable, uncountable
34. The taut surface of a trampoline.
    countable, uncountable
35. A horizontal layer or surface.
    countable, uncountable
36. A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
    countable, uncountable
37. The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
    countable
38. The horizontal surface of a building stone.
    countable, uncountable
39. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
    countable, uncountable
40. A course of stone or brick in a wall.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“My cat often sleeps on my bed.”

“I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.”

“At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them[…].”

“When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.”

“Go to bed!”

“I had breakfast in bed this morning.”

“He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.”

“I read until bed.”

“I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary.”

“Some prisoners, indeed, are always up before the bell rings — such was my practice — they prefer to grope about in the dark to tossing about in the utter weariness of too much bed.”

“This condition is one of the dangers of “too much bed”. The nurse should inspect the legs of each patient daily”

“George, the eldest son of his second bed.”

“Too much bed, not enough rest.”

“2 beds, 1 bath”

“The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.”

“sea bed”

“river bed”

“There’s a lot of trash on the bed of the river.”

“Oysters are farmed from their beds.”

“I knew that there were kelp beds and reefs which could rip the bottoms from boats down in Skedans Bay.”

“We added a new bush to our rose bed.”

“Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.”

“A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.”

“The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.”

“These 5 judges mark the athlete's staying in the center of the bed, uniformity of bounce heights, and general style.”

“the upper and lower beds”

CEFR level