Definition of 'bed'

Noun

1. a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
2. a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
3. a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
      Synonyms: bottom
4. (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"
5. a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
      Synonyms: seam
6. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
      Synonyms: layer
7. the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
8. a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"

Verb

1. furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
2. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
3. put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
4. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
      Synonyms: go to bed turn in crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire
      Antonyms: get up turn out arise uprise rise get up turn out arise uprise rise

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