-bedded - The Dictionary

bed (b?d)n.1. a. A piece of furniture for reclining and sleeping, typically consisting of a flat, rectangular frame and a mattress resting on springs.b. A bedstead.c. A mattress.2. a. A place where one may sleep; lodging: found bed and board at an inn.b. Accommodations for a single person at a hospital or institution: a maternity ward with 30 beds.3. A time at which one goes to sleep: drank milk before bed.4. A place for lovemaking.5. A marital relationship with its rights and intimacies.6. a. A small plot of cultivated or planted land: a flower bed.b. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers: a clam bed; an oyster bed.7. The ground surface below a body of water such as a sea, lake, or stream.8. A supporting, underlying, or securing part, especially:a. A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.b. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed.c. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.9. Printing The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed.10. The part of a truck, trailer, or freight car designed to carry loads.11. Geology a. A broad mass of rock or sediment bounded by different material.b. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.12. A heap of material: a bed of wood chips.v. bed·ded, bed·ding, beds v.tr.1. To furnish with a bed or sleeping quarters: We bedded our guests down in the study.2. To put or send to bed.3. To have sexual relations with.4. To plant in a prepared plot of soil.5. To lay flat or arrange in layers.6. a. To embed.b. To establish; base.v.intr.1. To go to bed.2. Geology To form layers or strata.Idioms: get into bed with Slang To become closely involved with another person or group, as in an intrigue: “The Israelis were experienced at this kind of [covert] … work, but it was essential that the administration not get into bed with them on this” (Bob Woodward). go to bed with To have sexual relations with.[Middle English, from Old English.]BEdabbr. Bachelor of EducationAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.