bed

bed1 [ bed ] noun ***

1. ) count or uncount a piece of furniture that you sleep on, consisting of a soft comfortable part called a mattress and a base:

double/twin/single bed: The room had two single beds in it.

out of/in bed: It's midnight why aren't you in bed?

get out of bed (=get up): I never get out of bed before 10 a.m.

go to bed: I'll get home at 11 p.m. and go straight to bed.

put someone to bed: Sam was upstairs putting the children to bed.

make the/my/your etc. bed (=make its covers straight after you have slept in it): Why can't you kids make your own beds?

a ) anything that is used by a person or animal for sleeping on:

The dog's bed is in the kitchen.

He made himself a bed of straw.

2. ) count an area of ground that has been dug for growing plants and flowers:

a circular bed in the middle of the lawn

=> FLOWERBED

a ) count usually singular the ground at the bottom of an ocean or river:

a dried-up river bed

b ) count an area in a river, lake, or ocean where there are a lot of plants or animals of a particular kind:

reed beds

oyster beds

3. ) count a layer of rock that is inside a larger area of rock

a ) singular a layer of food on which you put other food:

bed of: shrimp served on a bed of lettuce

get out of bed on the wrong side/get up on the wrong side of the bed SPOKEN

to be in a bad mood from the time you get up in the morning for no obvious reason

go to bed with someone INFORMAL

to have sex with someone

good/bad in bed INFORMAL

good/bad as a sexual partner

someone has made their bed, and they must lie/sleep in it

used for saying someone must accept an unpleasant situation they are in because they caused it

jump/get into bed with someone

1. ) INFORMAL to have sex with someone you have just met

2. ) to start a close business relationship with someone who people do not trust

something/life is not a bed of roses usually in negatives

used for saying that something is not always good or easy:

The life of a debt collector is no bed of roses.

put something to bed

to finish dealing with something

bed

bed 2 [ bed ] verb transitive

1. ) to put something firmly into a base or into the ground: EMBED

2. ) LITERARY to have sex with someone

,bed `down phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

to lie down or put someone else into a bed or another place to sleep:

John and Steve can bed down in the family living room.

It was time to bed down for the night.