American English pronunciation
How to pronounce beds
IPA transcription: ['bɛdz]
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Noun
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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”
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single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
“slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”
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a plot of ground in which plants are growing
“the gardener planted a bed of roses”
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a depression forming the ground under a body of water
“he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”
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(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
“they found a bed of sandstone”
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a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
“he worked in the coal beds”
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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.
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a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
“the track bed had washed away”
Verb
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prepare for sleep
“I usually turn in at midnight”
“He goes to bed at the crack of dawn”
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have sexual intercourse with
“This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”
“Adam knew Eve”
“Were you ever intimate with this man?”
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furnish with a bed
“The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals”
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place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
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put to bed
“The children were bedded at ten o'clock”
Usage examples
- Fall-, late-fall-, and winter-run chinook salmon spawn in the river's gravel beds.
- What is the weather forecast for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- She rushed to his bedside in the French capital and forgave him.
- It likes to live on stones and in oyster beds.
- Some basic housekeeping, such as changing bedsheets, may be done at the same time.
- Besides, there are innumerable Khals and old riverbeds all over the area.
- When you’ve finished doing the washing up, you can make the beds
- The elevated beds at the entrance are popular for their unique varieties.
- We were lent two air-beds by friends.
- Both vertical and flat beds do not have a number written with them.