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bed in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
    "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
    bed 
  2. a plot of ground in which plants are growing
    "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
    bed 
  3. a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
    "the track bed had washed away"
    bed 
  4. the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
    bed 
  5. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
    "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
    layer  bed 
  6. a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
    "he worked in the coal beds"
    seam  bed 
  7. a depression forming the ground under a body of water
    "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
    bed  bottom 
  8. (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
    "they found a bed of sandstone"
    bed 
verb
  1. prepare for sleep
    "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
    go to bed  turn in  bed  crawl in  kip down  hit the hay  hit the sack  sack out  go to sleep  retire 
  2. put to bed
    "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
    bed 
  3. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
    bed 
  4. furnish with a bed
    "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
    bed 
  5. have sexual intercourse with
    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    sleep together  roll in the hay  love  make out  make love  sleep with  get laid  have sex  know  do it  be intimate  have intercourse  have it away  have it off  screw  fuck  jazz  eff  hump  lie with  bed  have a go at it  bang  get it on  bonk 
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