Definition of bed'et in English English dictionary
- bed
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found
Oysters are farmed from their beds.
- bed
- To have sexual intercourse with
- bed
- To set out plants in a garden bed
- bed
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled
The parcels were thrown onto the truck bed before transportation.
- bed
- To put oneself to sleep
- bed
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet
- bed
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks
- bed
- The bottom of a lake or other body of water, as in "sea bed"
There's a lot of trash on the bed of the river.
- bed
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid
A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
- bed
- A garden plot, as in "bed of roses"
We added a new rosebush to our rose bed.
- bed
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on
I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
- bed
- A deposit of ore, coal etc
- bed
- One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept
I had breakfast in bed this morning.
- bed
- A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed
He made a bed to sleep in for the night from hay and a blanket.
- bed
- A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed
The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.
- bed
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement
- bed
- To settle, as machinery
- bed
- To go to a sleeping bed
- bed and board
- A place to sleep and eat; bed and breakfast; the services provided by an inn or similar establishment
For, alas, the Ideal always has to grow in the Real, and to seek out its bed and board there, often in a very sorry way. No beautifullest Poet is a Bird-of-Paradise, living on perfumes; sleeping in the aether with outspread wings. The Heroic, independent of bed and board, is found in Drury Lane Theatre only.
- bed and breakfast
- A type of guesthouse providing such a service. Abbreviations: B & B, B&B
- bed and breakfast
- A private home or guesthouse, etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals
- bed down
- To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery
Sleep beneath the melting sky.
- bed down
- To put an animal to rest for the night
We'll bed down the cattle and head into town..
- bed hair
- Hair that stands out straight from the scalp and is therefore difficult to style, because, or as if, it has been set that way by lying on it in bed
- bed head
- The disheveled appearance of a person's hair after he has risen from sleeping
- bed in
- to settle, to make feel at home
It took some time to be bedded in before he knew his way around his new workplace.
- bed load
- the large particles of sediment that are carried along the bottom of a stream
- bed of pelts
- A pelt bed; an item of furniture cushioned with fur for sleeping
- bed of roses
- A comfortable or luxurious position
- bed of roses
- A pleasant or easy situation
It's a straightforward job, but it's no bed of roses, with such long hours.
- bed out
- To transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed
- bed push
- a fund raising event, usually run by hospitals, where a wheeled bed is pushed through the streets to raise awareness of the campaign
- bed sheet
- A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- bed-and-breakfast
- Alternative spelling of bed and breakfast
- bed-mould
- The congeries of mouldings which is under the projecting part of almost every cornice, of which, indeed, it is a part
- bed-room
- bedroom
Harriet slept at Hartfield that night. For some weeks past she had been spending more than half her time there, and gradually getting to have a bed-room appropriated to herself; and Emma judged it best in every respect, safest and kindest, to keep her with them as much as possible just at present.
- bed-wet
- To wet the bed: to experience bed-wetting or enuresis, to urinate while asleep
- bed
- {v} to put to or into bed, lie sleep, sow
- bed
- {n} a place to sleep on, lodging, channel of a river, plat in a garden, bank of earth
- bed down
- (deyim) If a new process or organization beds down, it starts to operate well because it has existed for long enough
It did not take the procedure long to bed down.
- BEd
- A bed in a garden or park is an area of ground that has been specially prepared so that plants can be grown in it. beds of strawberries and rhubarb
- BEd
- If you say that someone has made their bed and must lie in it, you mean that since they have chosen to do a particular thing, they must now accept the unpleasant results of their action
- BEd
- A bed is a piece of furniture that you lie on when you sleep. She went into her bedroom and lay down on the bed We finally went to bed at about 4am By the time we got back from dinner, Nona was already in bed When she had gone Sam and Robina put the children to bed
- BEd
- A bed of shellfish or plants is an area in the sea or in a lake where a particular type of shellfish or plant is found in large quantities. The whole lake was rimmed with thick beds of reeds
- BEd
- bed of roses: see rose. Bachelor of Education. Bachelor of Education a first university degree in education. Piece of furniture on which a person may recline or sleep. Beds of simple construction appear in medieval manuscripts, as do more decorative beds with carving and inlay, embroidered coverlets, and elaborate hangings. The canopy, or tester, was introduced in the 15th century. In the 1820s the development of coiled springs fitted into mattresses revolutionized the bed. In the Middle East beds consisted of rugs piled up on the floor. In China raised and canopied beds were used 2,000 years ago. The traditional Japanese bed (futon) consists of quilted padding and a coverlet arranged on the floor. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Lava Beds National Monument bedding plant
- BEd
- The sea bed or a river bed is the ground at the bottom of the sea or of a river. For three weeks a big operation went on to recover the wreckage from the sea bed
- BEd
- A bed of rock is a layer of rock that is found within a larger area of rock. Between the white limestone and the greyish pink limestone is a thin bed of clay
- BEd
- If a recipe or a menu says that something is served on a bed of a food such as rice or vegetables, it means it is served on a layer of that food. Heat the curry thoroughly and serve it on a bed of rice. see also -bedded, bedding
- BEd
- To go to bed with someone means to have sex with them
- BEd
- If a place such as a hospital or a hotel has a particular number of beds, it is able to hold that number of patients or guests
- BEd
- BEd BEds in AM, use B.Ed. A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for `Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE
- BEd
- When you make the bed, you neatly arrange the sheets and covers of a bed so that it is ready to sleep in
- be confined to one's bed
- be ill, remain in bed for medical reasons
- bed
- furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
- bed
- go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
- bed
- In geology, a smal, distinct rock unit
- bed
- The bottom of a watercourse, or any body of water
- bed
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
- bed
- A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground
- bed
- put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
- bed
- The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine
- bed
- A layer of rock in the earth Also the bottom of a body of water such as a river, lake, or sea
- bed
- the base on which the paper is held in a press
- bed
- The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid
- bed
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- bed
- Sedimentary structure that usually represents a layer of deposited sediment
- bed
- The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river
- bed
- The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds
- bed
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
- bed
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
- bed
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
- bed
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship's floor
- bed
- The bottom of a channel
- bed
- A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc
- bed
- To go to bed; to cohabit
- bed
- In geology the term bed refers to a individual layer of the rock, which is distinguishable from the beds above and below it
- bed
- The substrate plane, bounded by banks, over which the water column at some point in time resides (American Fisheries Society 1985)
- bed
- {i} piece of furniture used for sleeping on; bottom (of a sea, river or lake); area for growing plants
- bed
- Refers to the relatively flat or level bottom (substrate) of a body of water, as in a lakebed or riverbed
- bed
- The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile
- bed
- A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals
- bed
- To dress or prepare the surface of stone so as to serve as a bed
- bed
- (a) In relation to any river - i For the purposes of esplanade reserves, esplanade strips, and subdivision, the space of land which the waters of the river cover at its annual fullest flow without overtopping its banks: ii In all other cases, the space of land which the waters of the river cover at its fullest flow without overtopping its banks; and (b) In relation to a lake, except a lake controlled by artificial means- i For the purposes of esplanade reserves, esplanade strips, and subdivision, the space of land which the waters of the lake cover at its annual highest level without exceeding its margin: ii In all other cases, the space of land which the waters of the lake cover at its highest level without exceeding its margin; and (c) In relation to any lake controlled by artificial means, the space of land which the waters of the lake cover at its maximum permitted operating level
- bed
- A course of stone or brick in a wall
- bed
- The area surrounding the lane, including the approach, the pit, and the gutters
- bed
- The spring portion of a trampoline that athletes bounce on
- bed
- A narrow flat-topped ridge on which crops are grown with a furrow on each side for drainage of water or an area in which seedlings or sprouts are grown before transplanting
- bed
- The bed is the foundation on which the lathe is built
- bed
- A layer of rock, usually sediments, which is homogeneous (the same) in composition One bed is separated from another by a bedding plane
- bed
- The steel flat table of a cylinder printing press upon which the type sits during the printing process
- bed
- The entire area a lane is set into, from the approach to the pit, including the channels
- bed
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals
- bed
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad
- bed
- That part or a conveyor upon which the load rests or slides while being conveyed
- bed
- To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock
- bed
- 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" a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away" 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
- bed
- An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch
- bed
- Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added
- bed
- To furnish with a bed or bedding
- bed
- To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold
- bed
- The place or material in which a block or brick is laid
- bed
- Base on which the type rests on a flat-bed letterpress printing machine
- bed
- (1) A ridge of soil formed for planting crops above furrows on each side, (2) An area in which seedlings or transplants are grown for planting in the field later
- bed
- A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed, as a "bed of lettuce"
- bed
- In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs
- bed
- That part of a conveyor upon which the load or carrying medium rests, rolls or slides while being conveyed
- bed
- The part of a machine that is like a bench, supported by the base or legs The working parts are located on the bed, which in "modern" machines is usually a casting In older machines the bed is more often mahogany Interestingly the mahogany bed of a large rose engine has very useful absorbtion characteristics that supress unwanted vibration
- bed
- To have sexual intercourse
- bed
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"
- bed
- (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage
- bed
- {f} put to sleep; take to bed; have sex with; provide with bed and bedding
- bed
- To place in a bed
- bed
- 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
- bed
- A subdivision of a stratified sequence of rocks, lower in rank than a member or formation, internally composed of relatively homogeneous material exhibiting some degree of lithologic unity, and separated from the rocks above and below by visually or physically more or less well defined boundary planes
- bed
- See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed
- bed
- have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- bed
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
- bed
- To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with
- bed
- A section of a number, usually used when referring to triples and doubles (e g , the triple 20 bed) All three darts in the same triple is called Three in a Bed
- bed
- To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position
- bed
- A layer within a sequence of sedimentary rocks defined by planar to irregular boundaries representing an original depositional surface
- bed
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone" put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals
- bed
- 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"
- bed and board
- food and a place to sleep
- bed and board
- requirements of a Jewish husband as written in the ketubah (Jewish wedding contract)
- bed and breakfast
- A bed and breakfast is a guest house that provides bed and breakfast accommodation. The abbreviation B&B is also used. Accommodation can be arranged at local bed and breakfasts
- bed and breakfast
- Two things the kids will never make for themselves
- bed and breakfast
- Dale Earnhardt during a red flag
- bed and breakfast
- A private home where sleeping accommodations are offered for one or more nights for Transient Use to no more than ten (10) persons; in addition, a breakfast meal is served on the premises $260 00
- bed and breakfast
- an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast
- bed and breakfast
- A British term for the score of 26 in an 01 game, from hitting a 20 and one each of the adjacent numbers, 1 and 5
- bed and breakfast
- An inn that is much like a private home (and is usually a converted private residence), where guests receive a room and breakfast for one cost
- bed and breakfast
- The functional (but not necessarily the economic) equivalent of an overnight repurchase agreement (repo) A security or a portfolio is sold to register a tax gain or loss, and repurchased the following day A bed and breakfast trade also might be used to avoid showing a position at the end of a reporting period
- bed and breakfast
- Bed and breakfast is a system of accommodation in a hotel or guest house, in which you pay for a room for the night and for breakfast the following morning. The abbreviation B&B is also used. Bed and breakfast costs from £30 per person per night
- bed and breakfast room
- housing arrangement in which lodging and breakfast are included in the rent fee
- bed bath
- a thorough body wash given to someone who cannot leave their bed
- bed bug
- bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
- bed bug
- insects which live in a bed
- bed check
- a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be
- bed check
- An inspection held at night in order to ensure that certain people, such as students or military personnel, are in bed as required by rules and regulations
- bed cover
- thin sheet that covers the bed
- bed down
- go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight
- bed down
- {f} go to bed (e.g., "I bedded down after midnight")
- bed down
- go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"
- bed ground
- an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
- bed jacket
- a lightweight jacket worn over bedclothes (as when sitting in bed)
- bed jacket
- night robe
- bed linen
- Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases. crisp white cotton bed linen. the sheets and pillowcases for a bed
- bed linen
- linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)
- bed linen
- bed sheets, bedding materials (bedcover, bedclothes, bedspread, etc.)
- bed of roses
- A state of great comfort or luxury
- bed of roses
- situation of ease and luxury, luxurious position
- bed pillow
- a soft pillow for use on a bed
- bed rest
- resting in bed, recuperation by sleeping in bed
- bed rock
- The solid rock underlying superficial formations
- bed rock
- Also Fig
- bed screw
- A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces
- bed screw
- A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching
- bed sheet
- large piece of cotton or linen used on a bed
- bed sheet
- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
- bed skirt
- {i} ornamental covering placed under a mattress and hanging down to the floor
- bed steps
- Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height
- bed-
- A layer of rock in the earth Also the bottom of a body of water such as a river, lake, or sea
- bed-
- The bed is the foundation on which the lathe is built
- bed-
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
- bed-
- have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- bed-
- The bottom of a channel
- bed-
- The part of a machine that is like a bench, supported by the base or legs The working parts are located on the bed, which in "modern" machines is usually a casting In older machines the bed is more often mahogany Interestingly the mahogany bed of a large rose engine has very useful absorbtion characteristics that supress unwanted vibration
- bed-
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- bed-
- A layer within a sequence of sedimentary rocks defined by planar to irregular boundaries representing an original depositional surface
- bed-
- That part of a conveyor upon which the load or carrying medium rests, rolls or slides while being conveyed
- bed-
- furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
- bed-
- (a) In relation to any river - i For the purposes of esplanade reserves, esplanade strips, and subdivision, the space of land which the waters of the river cover at its annual fullest flow without overtopping its banks: ii In all other cases, the space of land which the waters of the river cover at its fullest flow without overtopping its banks; and (b) In relation to a lake, except a lake controlled by artificial means- i For the purposes of esplanade reserves, esplanade strips, and subdivision, the space of land which the waters of the lake cover at its annual highest level without exceeding its margin: ii In all other cases, the space of land which the waters of the lake cover at its highest level without exceeding its margin; and (c) In relation to any lake controlled by artificial means, the space of land which the waters of the lake cover at its maximum permitted operating level
- bed-
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
- bed-
- That part or a conveyor upon which the load rests or slides while being conveyed
- bed-
- A layer of rock, usually sediments, which is homogeneous (the same) in composition One bed is separated from another by a bedding plane
- bed-
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
- bed-
- Refers to the relatively flat or level bottom (substrate) of a body of water, as in a lakebed or riverbed
- bed-
- The steel flat table of a cylinder printing press upon which the type sits during the printing process
- bed-
- put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
- bed-
- The area surrounding the lane, including the approach, the pit, and the gutters
- bed-
- 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"
- bed-
- Base on which the type rests on a flat-bed letterpress printing machine
- bed-
- A narrow flat-topped ridge on which crops are grown with a furrow on each side for drainage of water or an area in which seedlings or sprouts are grown before transplanting
- bed-
- In geology, a smal, distinct rock unit
- bed-
- The spring portion of a trampoline that athletes bounce on
- bed-
- go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
- bed-
- A section of a number, usually used when referring to triples and doubles (e g , the triple 20 bed) All three darts in the same triple is called Three in a Bed
- bed-
- The substrate plane, bounded by banks, over which the water column at some point in time resides (American Fisheries Society 1985)
- bed-
- (1) A ridge of soil formed for planting crops above furrows on each side, (2) An area in which seedlings or transplants are grown for planting in the field later
- bed-
- The entire area a lane is set into, from the approach to the pit, including the channels
- bed-
- Sedimentary structure that usually represents a layer of deposited sediment
- bed-
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"
- bed-
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
- bed-
- 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
- bed-
- In geology the term bed refers to a individual layer of the rock, which is distinguishable from the beds above and below it
- bed-
- The bottom of a watercourse, or any body of water
- bed-
- A subdivision of a stratified sequence of rocks, lower in rank than a member or formation, internally composed of relatively homogeneous material exhibiting some degree of lithologic unity, and separated from the rocks above and below by visually or physically more or less well defined boundary planes
- bed-
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
- bed-
- the base on which the paper is held in a press
- bed-and-breakfast
- {i} hotel or inn which offers overnight lodging and breakfast for one price
- bed-blocking
- a situation in which someone stays in hospital because there is no other suitable place where they can go to be looked after. This means that other people cannot go into hospital when they need to, because there is no bed for them
- bed-hop
- sleep around; "His wife bed hops
- bed-making
- arranging of bedsheets and pillows
- bed-ridden
- sick, ill, remaining in bed due to medical reasons
- bed-wetting
- urinating in bed, urinating while sleeping
- bed-wetting
- the problem that some children have of passing urine (=liquid from the body) while they are asleep
- bed-wetting
- enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)
- Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
- A biannual plant distributed across Europe and North America, scienitific name Tragopogon pratensis
- Murphy bed
- A light type of bed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use
- air bed
- A bed that is inflated with air and used as a permanent or temporary bed. They are adjustable, and sometimes portable
- apple-pie bed
- A shortsheeted bed in which a sheet is folded back on itself halfway down as a practical joke so that the victim cannot get into it
- breakfast in bed
- Breakfast served to one in bed upon waking
- breakfast in bed
- To enjoy one's breakfast while in bed
- breakfasts in bed
- plural form of breakfast in bed
- bunk bed
- An item of furniture combining two or more beds fixed on top of another, so that one person can sleep in each bunk at a different height
- camp bed
- A cot; a lightweight portable bed used by the military, campers etc
- canopy bed
- A bed equipped with a canopy
- coal bed
- A coal seam
- creek bed
- The bed of a stream