bed : Idioms & Phrases

Air" bed`

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1. A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.

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• noun lung tissue densely packed with alveoli
  

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• a bed without posts.

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• a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare.

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• noun a bed in which asparagus is growing
  

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• noun a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling
  baby bed.
  

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• noun a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling
  baby bed.
  

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• noun layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganisms
  

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• . See Bark stove (below).

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• noun an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast
  bed and breakfast.
  

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• noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
  chinch; Cimex lectularius; bedbug.
  

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• noun a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be
  

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• noun coverings that are used on a bed
  bedding; bedclothes.
  

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• noun decorative cover for a bed
  counterpane; bed cover; bedspread; bedcover; spread.
  

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• noun decorative cover for a bed
  counterpane; bed cover; bedspread; bedcover; spread.
  

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• verb go to bed
  bunk down.
  
  • We bedded down at midnight

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• noun an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
  bed ground; bedground.
  

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• noun a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed)
  

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• noun linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)
  

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• noun a bed in which flowers are growing
  flowerbed; bed of flowers.
  

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• (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered.

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• noun a flower bed in which roses are growing
  bed of roses.
  

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• noun a soft pillow for use on a bed
  

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• noun confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons)
  bedrest.
  

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Bed" rock"

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1. (Mining) The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

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Bed" screw`

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1. (Naut.) A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching.
2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.

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• noun bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
  sheet.
  

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Bed" steps`

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1. Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.

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• noun someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
  wetter; bedwetter.
  

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• noun an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast
  bed and breakfast.
  

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• noun an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
  bed ground; bedground.
  

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• verb be sexually active with more than one partner
  bedhop; sleep around.
  
  • His wife bed hops

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Bed"-mold`ing, Bed"-mould`ing noun

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1. (Arch.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.

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• noun enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)
  

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• noun an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers
  zonal pelargonium; Pelargonium hortorum; fish geranium.
  

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• noun material used to provide a bed for animals
  bedding; litter.
  

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• noun an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed
  bedder.
  

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• noun a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
  berth; bunk.
  

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• noun a bed that is built in and fixed to a wall
  

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• noun beds built one above the other
  bunk.
  

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• noun a small bed that folds up for storage or transport
  cot.
  

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• noun a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries
  

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• (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal.

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• noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
  streambed.
  

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• (Geol. ), oblique lamination of horizontal beds,

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• noun convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed
  studio couch.
  

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• (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures.

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• noun an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night
  daybed.
  

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• noun a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers
  

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• adjective satellite having a double bed
  
  • a double-bedded room

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• (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. Mantell.

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• noun a mattress stuffed with feathers
  featherbed.
  

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• a bed filled with feathers.

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• noun filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water
  

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• a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel.

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• a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed, but repaired with straw." Pope.

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• noun a bed in which flowers are growing
  flowerbed; bed of flowers.
  

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• a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers.

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• a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed.

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• (Law), a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony.

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• verb prepare for sleep
  retire; sack out; hit the sack; bed; kip down; turn in; go to sleep; crawl in; hit the hay.
  
  • I usually turn in at midnight
  • He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

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• noun a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required
  

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• (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

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• a water bed.

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• . Same as Key seat.

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• noun the bottom of a lake
  lake bottom.
  

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• noun the relationship between wife and husband
  marital relationship.
  

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• noun the bed shared by a newly wed couple
  

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• (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar.
• a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed.

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• noun a bed that can be folded or swung into a cabinet when not being used
  

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• a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. Shak.

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• noun a stratum of ore
  

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• a place where willows are grown for basket making. Eng.

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• noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
  oyster park; oyster bank.
  

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• a breeding place for oysters; a place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See lst Scalp, n.

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• noun mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
  pig.
  

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• (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.

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• noun a bed of boards (without a mattress)
  

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• noun a bed without springs
  

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• a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a press or closet. Boswell.

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• noun a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
  procrustean rule; procrustean standard.
  

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• (Geol.), a name given to certain strata belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.

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Pur"beck beds`

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1. (Geol.) The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oölitic group. See the Chart of Geology.

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• noun a bed on which railroad track is laid
  

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• noun a flower bed in which roses are growing
  bed of roses.
  

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• a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace.

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• a bed convertible into a seat. Eng.

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• the bed upon which a person lies sick.

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• noun a bed for one occupant
  

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• adjective satellite having single beds
  

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• noun a bed with solid headboard and footboard that roll outward at the top
  

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• noun a sofa that can be converted into a bed
  convertible.
  

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• a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed; called also sofa bedstead.

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• a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required elasticity.

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• an elaborately carved or decorated bed.

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• (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.

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• a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy.

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• noun a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions
  

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• to be delivered of a child; often followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son.

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• to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order.
• to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order a bed and its bedding.

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• . (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child. (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth .

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• noun the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer
  

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• noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
  truckle; trundle; truckle bed.
  

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Truc"kle-bed` noun

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1. A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." Shak.

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• noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
  truckle; trundle; truckle bed.
  

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Trun"dle-bed` noun

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1. A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman.

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• noun a flowerbed in which tulips are growing
  

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• noun a bed in which turnips are growing
  

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• noun one of a pair of identical beds
  

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• adjective satellite having twin beds
  

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• noun a bed with a mattress made of strong plastic that is filled with water
  

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Wa"ter bed`

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1. A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients. also used in some private homes.

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• an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways.

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