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Word: bed (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A deposit of ore, coal etc.
  • A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed.
  • A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
  • A garden plot, as in "bed of roses".
  • An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.
  • A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on.
  • A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks.
  • A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed.
  • A ship?s floor; a pallet.
  • The bottom of a lake or other body of water, as in "sea bed".
  • The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
  • uncountable One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept.

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Verb:

  • from early 14th c.
  • To go to a sleeping bed.
  • To put oneself to sleep.
  • To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
  • To set out plants in a garden bed.
  • To settle, as machinery.

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