bed
- noun
- /bɛd/
- After a long day, I can’t wait to jump into my bed and sleep.
- go to bed
- hospital bed
- in bed
So I like thought the bed was like really hard.
- So I like thought the bed was like really hard.
- Lay there in the bed and close your eyes.
- It's just one big room of beds and books, books and beds.
- The most popular activity in bed is sleeping.
- So I walk in there and I eat in my bed this protein bar.
Examples
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I love to read a book while lying in my bed at night.
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Lay there in the bed and close your eyes.
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So I like thought the bed was like really hard.
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No, you guys hang out, you know, relax in bed, watch TV.
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The most popular activity in bed is sleeping.
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Tonight both girls are in bed and both girls are fast asleep.
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So I went upstairs to bed that night, and I thought about it.
Academic text (2017) -
You shouldn't be out of bed.
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So I'm laying in my bed and my roommate is asleep.
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The new bed we bought is so comfortable that I sleep better than ever.
Synonyms
A small bed with high sides for a baby
A light folding bed you use for sleeping when traveling
A bed used in hospitals that can be raised or lowered to help care for patients
A thin mattress used on the floor or a frame for sleeping and sitting
A bed with another bed above it so two people can sleep
A large seat with soft cushions for two or more people that opens into a bed
A bed for one person to sleep in
A sofa that opens or folds to make a bed
A long seat like a couch that you can use as a bed
A small bed that folds for sleeping when camping or for guests
A sofa that you can use for sitting by day and sleeping at night
A bed frame with a raised flat surface that holds a mattress without box springs
A bed fixed into the wall or floor of a room
A small bed with high sides that keeps a baby safe from falling out
A simple bed made of wooden boards with no mattress
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A bed used in hospitals that can be raised or lowered to help care for patients
- Specialized
A place with tools for checking how machines or programs work under real conditions
- Archaic
Short, lightweight clothing that you wear over pajamas when sitting in bed for warmth
- Slur
An insulting name for a woman thought to be sexually available, also used in the past for a household servant
- Specialized
A network of tiny blood vessels in tissue where blood gives oxygen and nutrients to cells and removes waste
- Specialized
The part of the lung with many tiny air sacs where gases pass into the blood
- Specialized
The part of the jawbone that holds the tooth sockets and supports teeth
- Specialized
A layer of sand or gravel in a sewage plant where tiny living things break down waste
- Specialized
A machine that burns fuel in a hot layer of small particles to make steam more efficiently and cleanly
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Etymology
Bed comes from an old English word that meant 'sleeping place' or 'mattress'. So a bedroom or a soft bed is simply the place for sleep.