bed

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bed is part of the Basic English 850.

Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Related words 3 Verb 3.1 Synonyms

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛd/
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[change] Noun

Singular bed

Plural beds

1. A piece of furniture to sleep on.

   At night, I go to bed.

2. The bottom of a river or ocean.

   The fish was so far down in the water that it was touching the river's bed.

[change] Synonyms

• (bottom) bottom, floor

[change] Related words

• bedpost
• bedroom
• bedpost
• bedstead
• embed
• hide-a-bed

[change] Verb

Plain form bed

Third-person singular beds

Past tense bedded

Past participle bedded

Present participle bedding

1. (informal) To have sex with someone.

   By the next week, Josh had bedded Tina and Holly.

[change] Synonyms

• sleep with
• have sex with