bed
/bɛd/
verb
- To provide a place to sleep for someone.
- We can bed the guests in the spare room.
- The innkeeper bedded the travelers for the night.
- They bedded the children down on the floor with sleeping bags.
- To plant something in a garden bed.
- She bedded the young seedlings in the prepared soil.
- He bedded the roses along the fence line.
- We bedded the bulbs in the fall for spring flowers.
noun
- A piece of furniture for sleeping on.
- After a long day at work, I couldn't wait to get into my bed.
- She made her bed every morning before leaving for school.
- The hotel room had two comfortable beds with fluffy pillows.
- An area of ground where plants are grown, especially in a garden.
- We planted tomatoes and peppers in the vegetable bed.
- He spent the afternoon weeding the garden bed.
- The flower bed was full of colorful tulips in the spring.
- The bottom of a river, lake, or sea.
- The old bridge was built on a solid rock bed.
- Divers explored the ocean bed looking for sunken treasure.
- The river bed was dry after months of no rain.
- A layer of rock or other material that lies beneath the surface.
- The road was built on a bed of gravel and sand.
- The miners discovered a rich bed of coal deep underground.
- Fossils were found in a limestone bed near the quarry.