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12 9.0
To have sex with someone
  • verb
  • /bɛd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : acostarse con
  • Or are you actually going to bed with him before doing it?
  • want to bed
  • bed a woman
  • bed a man

But they're saying that if you bed a woman, it's almost her loss.

Examples

  • So what's it like being in bed with Travis Kelsey?

  • We chatted, cuddled in bed, and he continued to do bits to me.

  • I am lord here, and if I want to bed you, I will bed you.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Most men want to bed a woman before taking her to wife.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I'm not going to bed with you.

  • Afterwards, she had taken a shower and invited me to bed with her.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • He wants to bed someone he truly cares about.

  • After a romantic dinner, they decided to bed for the night.

  • If you bed him, be ready for a serious relationship.

Synonyms

to fuck
vsto bed
  • Offensive
9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal but much less offensive in everyday use
to have sex
vsto bed
  • NSFW
3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

is the informal way to state the same action
to do it
vsto bed
  • NSFW
999 9.8

To have sex with someone

is equally informal but more widely used as a single word
to love
vsto bed
  • NSFW
698 8.6

To have sex with another person

is informal but more neutral and less affectionate
to know
vsto bed
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675 9.9

To have sex with someone

is the modern informal word rather than the archaic form
to sleep with
vsto bed
  • NSFW
652 7.4

To have sex with someone

is a shorter, more casual way to express the same idea
to make love
vsto bed
  • NSFW
296 5.3

Have sex with someone you love or care about

is informal but does not stress emotional affection
to screw
vsto bed
  • Offensive
205 9.9

To have sex with someone, said as a rude word

is informal everyday speech that avoids such coarse words
to get it on
vsto bed
  • Offensive
125 9.3

To have sex with someone

is an informal single-word alternative used in similar contexts
to bang
vsto bed
  • Offensive
122 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal yet quieter and not vulgar in tone
to get laid
vsto bed
  • Offensive
95 9.9

To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way

is informal but neutral about whether the meeting was casual
to sleep together
vsto bed
  • NSFW
69 7.4

Have sex with another person, often when not married

is a briefer informal alternative used in everyday speech
to hump
vsto bed
  • Offensive
58 9.9

To have sex with someone, used as a rude word

is informal but less crude and less physically graphic
to have intercourse
vsto bed
  • NSFW
23 8.1

To have sex with someone

is the casual, informal version rather than clinical speech
to be intimate
vsto bed
  • NSFW
16 7.9

Have sex with someone

is more direct and less euphemistic in tone
screwing
vsto bed
  • Offensive
9 9.9

To have sex with someone

is the simple informal verb form rather than the participle slang
to lie with
vsto bed
  • NSFW
6 9.1

To have sex with someone

is informal everyday speech rather than formal or written style
to sex
vsto bed
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5 5.1

To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way

is the more informal everyday expression for that action
to eff
vsto bed
  • Offensive
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal and plain without the polite substitution
to bonk
vsto bed
  • NSFW
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal but less playful and more neutral
to have a go at it
vsto bed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more direct and commonly used in everyday speech
to have it off
vsto bed
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone, used in informal British English

is a more general informal term without the regional label
to jazz
vsto bed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more standard informal speech and more widely understood
to have it away
vsto bed
  • NSFW
9.9

To have sex with someone

covers the same idea but is more commonly used overall
to roll in the hay
vsto bed
  • NSFW
9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is informal too but lacks the playful, imageable sense

Idioms

in bed with
  • Literature
20 8.6

Secretly working with someone to do wrong or gain unfair advantage

2 7.3

A time when someone is in a bad mood for no clear reason

To sleep very early, often soon after sunset

bed of roses
  • Informal
3.7

An easy and comfortable life without many problems

To accept the bad results of your own choices

To sleep early in the evening when the sun goes down

9.8

To be in a difficult situation because of something you did

Phrasal Verbs

485 1.0

To get into bed to sleep

To pee in bed while sleeping by accident, often in children

to bed in
  • Specialized
5 6.7

Make something new, like shoes or a machine, work well by using it for a while

4 4.5

To sleep in a temporary place like a barn or tent

1 2.8

To get out of bed quickly and full of energy

to bed in the brakes
  • Specialized
7.6

Use new brake parts gently at first so they stop well and safely

Finish something completely so no more work is needed

Compounds

84 2.1

A small insect with no wings that lives in beds and bites people at night

hospital bed
  • Specialized
48 2.0

A bed used in hospitals that can be raised or lowered to help care for patients

A small place to stay overnight that serves breakfast but not other meals

23 1.3

A bed with another bed above it so two people can sleep

A meal eaten in bed, usually in the morning

bed rest
  • Specialized
16 2.6

Staying in bed for health reasons when a doctor says so

15 1.0

A large flat cloth that covers a mattress for sleeping

14 1.0

A part of a garden where people plant flowers

A small home where you stay overnight and have breakfast

8 1.6

A single bed for one person, often used in pairs in a shared room

6 3.4

The dry or wet bottom of a small stream where water flows

5 1.2

A bed large enough for two people to sleep in

5 2.6

A large seat with soft cushions for two or more people that opens into a bed

5 1.0

A bed for one person to sleep in

5 5.3

A check to make sure everyone is in bed at the set time

water bed
  • Archaic
4 2.7

A bed with a strong plastic mattress filled with water

4 2.9

The ground at the bottom of a lake

4 1.0

Items like sheets and pillowcases that you put on a bed

4 6.5

A person, usually a child, who pees in bed while asleep

4 3.2

Peeing while you sleep that often happens in children who usually grow out of it

3 3.7

A bed that married people share

3 3.6

The flat open space at the back of a truck for carrying things

2 3.9

A soft mattress filled with feathers to keep you warm while sleeping

2 4.9

A low bed on wheels that you pull out from under another bed

test bed
  • Specialized
2 4.4

A place with tools for checking how machines or programs work under real conditions

2 2.5

A bed where a person lies when they are ill or recovering

1 1.0

A large cloth that lies on top of a bed to protect it and make it look nice

1 2.1

A small bed that folds for sleeping when camping or for guests

1 4.8

A bed that folds into a wall or cabinet to save space

oyster bed
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A place in the sea or river where people grow oysters to harvest

An area of ground in a garden where people plant and grow flowers

1 3.5

A sofa that you can use for sitting by day and sleeping at night

1 5.3

A bed where a married couple share private feelings and closeness

1 1.5

A cloth placed on a bed to keep you warm or make it look nice

1 1.8

Sheets, blankets, and pillowcases that cover a bed

bed jacket
  • Archaic
1 5.1

Short, lightweight clothing that you wear over pajamas when sitting in bed for warmth

1 3.6

A bed fixed into the wall or floor of a room

1 1.0

A small bed with high sides that keeps a baby safe from falling out

railroad bed
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A layer of earth and stones under train tracks that supports them

1 3.0

A bed frame with a raised flat surface that holds a mattress without box springs

1 6.1

A bed with a headboard and footboard that curve outward like a sled

7.7

A person or thing that takes up most of a bed

bed blocker
  • Jargon
6.4

A patient who stays in hospital longer than needed, blocking beds for others

8.6

A place where farm animals like cows or sheep lie down to sleep at night

1.8

A small lamp placed next to a bed for reading at night

A patch of ground planted with rose bushes

A soft cushion that supports the head while you sleep in bed

bed wench
  • Slur
9.9

An insulting name for a woman thought to be sexually available, also used in the past for a household servant

bed-ground
  • Archaic
9.9

A place where a group of cattle or sheep sleep at night

9.9

So funny that you laugh a lot and cannot stop

Very funny and silly in a way that makes people laugh hard

capillary bed
  • Specialized
5.5

A network of tiny blood vessels in tissue where blood gives oxygen and nutrients to cells and removes waste

9.9

A look or signal asking someone to join you in bed

A regular routine before bed that helps you relax

4.2

A low couch without arms that you can sleep on at night

alveolar bed
  • Specialized
6.8

The part of the lung with many tiny air sacs where gases pass into the blood

alveolar bed
  • Specialized
7.7

The part of the jawbone that holds the tooth sockets and supports teeth

A long narrow area of soil used to grow asparagus plants

A small sleeping place with high sides that keeps a baby safe

bacteria bed
  • Specialized
6.5

A layer of sand or gravel in a sewage plant where tiny living things break down waste

filter bed
  • Specialized
3.7

A layer of sand or gravel that cleans water by removing dirt

fluidized bed boiler
  • Specialized
8.4

A machine that burns fuel in a hot layer of small particles to make steam more efficiently and cleanly

9.9

A strict system that forces everyone to be the same

1.0

A part of a garden where rose bushes grow

ore bed
  • Specialized
8.0

A layer of rock that contains metal or useful minerals people mine

pig bed
  • Specialized
9.9

A sand bed that shapes hot liquid iron into bars

pissy bed
  • NSFW
9.9

A bed wet with someone's pee

plank-bed
  • Archaic
9.1

A simple bed made of wooden boards with no mattress

truckle bed
  • Archaic
9.6

A low bed on wheels that you pull out from under another bed

2.9

A small area in a garden where tulips grow together

An area of ground where you grow turnips

How Intimate

to make love
  • NSFW
296 5.3
to bed
  • NSFW
12 9.0
to hook up
  • NSFW
132 8.7

Surface Forms

bed infinitive
bedded past
bedded past participle
bedding present participle
beds third person singular

Etymology

Bed used to mean having sex comes from the idea of 'putting someone into a bed' or 'lying in bed' together, so to 'bed' someone is to join them in bed. A helpful way to remember is that the image keeps the idea of 'being in the same bed'.