to bed
- verb
- /bɛd/
- Seriously, can you put Mom Darcie to bed and bring out fun Darcie for a little while?
- go to bed
- put to bed
- get to bed
Examples
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After reading a story, I finally put the children to bed for the night.
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You'd better get to bed yourself, my dear.
Fiction book (1992) -
So thanks for getting ready for bed with me.
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But you mentioned too, going to bed thinking about a problem.
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Went back to bed this morning
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Is he going to bed?
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I'm going to bed for a day or two to rest up.
Fiction book (2000) -
I think I'm going to bed to read a book.
Blog text (27) -
You're going to bed now.
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To bed this instant!
Synonyms
To get into bed to sleep
To have beds for a number of people
To stop being awake and rest with your eyes closed
To give someone a bed to sleep on
To go to bed to sleep
Go to bed to sleep, usually at night
To go to bed to sleep
To go to bed to sleep after a long day
To sleep in a temporary place like on the floor or in the living room
To go to bed to sleep
To sleep in a temporary place like a barn or tent
To go to bed slowly because you feel very tired
To sleep somewhere for a short time, often on a sofa
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
Make something new, like shoes or a machine, work well by using it for a while
- Specialized
Use new brake parts gently at first so they stop well and safely
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
How Comfortable
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bed as a verb meaning to put someone to sleep comes from the noun 'bed' meaning 'place for sleep'. To bed someone is simply to put them into a bed or give them a place to sleep.