bed

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
2. (countable, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
3. (countable, uncountable, usually) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
4. (uncountable, usually) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
5. (uncountable, usually) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
6. (uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
8. (figuratively, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
10. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
11. (countable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
12. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
13. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
14. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
15. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
16. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
17. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
18. (countable, dated, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
19. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
20. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
21. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
22. (countable, uncountable) A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
23. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface.
24. (countable) A horizontal layer or surface.
25. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface.
26. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface.
27. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal layer or surface.

Verb

1. (intransitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
2. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
3. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
4. (ambitransitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
5. (intransitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
6. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
7. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
8. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
9. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
10. (transitive) Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
11. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

Synonyms

couch

🛋️

cot

layer

stratum

bedstead

bottom

base

seam

bunk

mat

ground

seat

💺

sofa

🛋️

bedding

channel

berth

patch

sleeping place

basis

deposit

floor

mount

bench

place to sleep

table

sleep with

kip

sheet

garden

plot

pedestal

resting place

foundation

footing

nest

riverbed

board

mattress

flowerbed

flower bed

groundwork

frame

mounting

level

know

lair

line

hump

hit the hay

jazz

Translations

lit

🛏️

Bett

🛏️

cama

🛏️

letto

🛏️

bed

🛏️

cama

🛏️

llit

🛏️

κρεβάτι

lecho

🛏️

leito

Beet

🛏️

lectus

yatak

🛏️

Lager

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bed

Inherited from Old English: bedd

Cognate with Northern Frisian: baad

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Bääd

Cognate with Western Frisian: bêd

Cognate with Low German: Bedd

Cognate with Dutch: bed

Cognate with German: Bett

Cognate with Swedish: bädd

Cognate with Icelandic: beður

Cognate with Ancient Greek: βοθυρος

Cognate with Latin: fossa

Cognate with Latvian: bedre

Cognate with Welsh: bedd

Cognate with Breton: bez

Cognate with Russian: бодать

In summary

Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian baad, beed, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, German Bett, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður, all meaning “bed”.
further possible etymology and cognates
The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).

Sentences

Some toys are specifically intended for an infant bed .

She put on her slippers , scaled the stairs , and went to bed .

The pair are then seen in bed , implying that Richard has taken Jane's virginity .

Savonarola visited Lorenzo on his death bed .