BEdabbr. Bachelor of Educationbed (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.]American 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.bed (b?d) n1. a piece of furniture on which to sleep2. the mattress and bedclothes on such a piece of furniture: an unmade bed. 3. sleep or rest: time for bed. 4. any place in which a person or animal sleeps or rests5. (Medicine) med a unit of potential occupancy in a hospital or residential institution6. informal a place for sexual intercourse7. informal sexual intercourse8. (Horticulture) a plot of ground in which plants are grown, esp when considered together with the plants in it: a flower bed. 9. (Physical Geography) the bottom of a river, lake, or sea10. (Agriculture) a part of this used for cultivation of a plant or animal: oyster beds. 11. (Civil Engineering) a layer of crushed rock, gravel, etc, used as a foundation for a road, railway, etc12. (Building) a layer of mortar in a masonry wall13. (Building) the underside of a brick, tile, slate, etc, when in position. Compare back11214. any underlying structure or part15. (Geological Science) a layer of rock, esp sedimentary rock16. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the flat part of a letterpress printing press onto or against which the type forme is placed17. (Chemistry) a layer of solid particles of an absorbent, catalyst, or reagent through which a fluid is passed during the course of a chemical reaction or other process18. (Mechanical Engineering) a machine base on which a moving part carrying a tool or workpiece slides: lathe bed. 19. a bed of roses a situation of comfort or ease20. to be brought to bed archaic to give birth (to)21. bed of nails a. a situation or position of extreme difficultyb. a bed studded with nails on which a fakir lies22. get out of bed on the wrong side informal to be ill-tempered from the start of the day23. (often foll by with) to have sexual intercourse (with)24. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) journalism printing (of a newspaper, magazine, etc) to go to press; start printing25. (Journalism & Publishing) journalism printing (of a newspaper, magazine, etc) to go to press; start printing26. in bed with informal cooperating closely with (another person, organization, government, etc.) esp covertly27. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) journalism to finalize work on (a newspaper, magazine, etc) so that it is ready to go to press28. (Journalism & Publishing) journalism to finalize work on (a newspaper, magazine, etc) so that it is ready to go to press29. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing to lock up the type forme of (a publication) in the press before printing30. take to one’s bed to remain in bed, esp because of illnessvb, beds, bedding or bedded31. (usually foll by down) to go to or put into a place to sleep or rest32. (tr) to have sexual intercourse with33. (tr) to place, fix, or sink firmly into position; embed34. (Geological Science) geology to form or be arranged in a distinct layer; stratify35. (Horticulture) (often foll by: out) to plant in a bed of soil[Old English bedd; related to Old Norse bethr, Old High German betti, Gothic badi]BEd abbreviation for (Education) Bachelor of Education Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bed (b?d) n., v. bed?ded, bed?ding. n. 1. a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 2. the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 3. the bedstead alone. 4. the act of or time for sleeping. 5. the use of a bed for the night; lodging. 6. the marital relationship. 7. any place used for sleeping or resting. 8. a. an area of ground in which plants, esp. flowering garden plants, are grown. b. the plants growing in such an area. 9. the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water. 10. an area on the bottom of a body of water abounding in a particular kind of plant or animal life: an oyster bed. 11. a piece or part forming a foundation or base: tuna on a bed of lettuce. 12. a layer of rock; stratum. 13. a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like. 14. a. the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position. b. the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid. 15. the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid. 16. the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer. 17. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, esp. the germinative layer beneath the claw. v.t. 18. to provide with a bed. 19. to put to bed. 20. to plant in or as if in a bed. 21. to lay flat. 22. to place in a bed or layer. 23. to embed. 24. to have sexual intercourse with. v.i. 25. to have sleeping accommodations. 26. to form a compact layer or stratum. 27. Archaic. to go to bed. 28. bed down, to retire to bed. Idioms: 1. get up on the wrong side of the bed, to be cranky and contrary from the moment one awakes. 2. go to bed with, to have sexual relations with. 3. make a bed, to fit a bed with sheets and blankets. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English bedd, c. Old Frisian bed, Old Saxon bed(de), Old High German betti, Gothic badi] B.Ed. Bachelor of Education. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.bed (b?d)1. A layer of sediments or rock that extends under a large area and has other layers below and sometimes above it: a bed of coal.2. The bottom of a body of water: the bed of a stream.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Bed a layer or bed-like mass; small animals, especially reptiles, grouped together. See also layer.Examples: bed of adders; of ashes; of clams; of coal; of cockles; of eels, 1608; of mussels; of oysters, 1682; of sand; of scorpions, 1692; of snakes, 1731; of worms, 1666.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.bedPast participle: beddedGerund: beddingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativebedbedPresentI bedyou bedhe/she/it bedswe bedyou bedthey bedPreteriteI beddedyou beddedhe/she/it beddedwe beddedyou beddedthey beddedPresent ContinuousI am beddingyou are beddinghe/she/it is beddingwe are beddingyou are beddingthey are beddingPresent PerfectI have beddedyou have beddedhe/she/it has beddedwe have beddedyou have beddedthey have beddedPast ContinuousI was beddingyou were beddinghe/she/it was beddingwe were beddingyou were beddingthey were beddingPast PerfectI had beddedyou had beddedhe/she/it had beddedwe had beddedyou had beddedthey had beddedFutureI will bedyou will bedhe/she/it will bedwe will bedyou will bedthey will bedFuture PerfectI will have beddedyou will have beddedhe/she/it will have beddedwe will have beddedyou will have beddedthey will have beddedFuture ContinuousI will be beddingyou will be beddinghe/she/it will be beddingwe will be beddingyou will be beddingthey will be beddingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been beddingyou have been beddinghe/she/it has been beddingwe have been beddingyou have been beddingthey have been beddingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been beddingyou will have been beddinghe/she/it will have been beddingwe will have been beddingyou will have been beddingthey will have been beddingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been beddingyou had been beddinghe/she/it had been beddingwe had been beddingyou had been beddingthey had been beddingConditionalI would bedyou would bedhe/she/it would bedwe would bedyou would bedthey would bedPast ConditionalI would have beddedyou would have beddedhe/she/it would have beddedwe would have beddedyou would have beddedthey would have beddedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011bedA sedimentary layer of rock that is more than 1?2 in (1 cm) thick.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited