1. (

• bed

) 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" ;

2. (

• bed ,

) a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" ;

3. (

• bed ,
• bottom

) a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" ;

4. (

• bed ,

) (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone" ;

5. (

• seam ,
• bed

) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds" ;

6. (

• layer ,
• bed ,

) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" ;

7. (

• bed ,

) 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. ;

8. (

• bed ,

) a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away" ;

1. (

• bed

) furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" ;

2. (

• bed ,

) place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil ;

3. (

• bed ,

) put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" ;

4. (

• 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 ,

) have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" ;

5. (

• go_to_bed ,
• turn_in ,
• bed ,
• crawl_in ,
• kip_down ,
• hit_the_hay ,
• hit_the_sack ,
• sack_out ,
• go_to_sleep ,
• retire

) prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" ;