Definition of bed- in English English dictionary
- 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
- The steel flat table of a cylinder printing press upon which the type sits during the printing process
- 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
- put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
- (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
- 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
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- In geology, a smal, distinct rock unit
- go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
- 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"
- That part of a conveyor upon which the load or carrying medium rests, rolls or slides while being conveyed
- Refers to the relatively flat or level bottom (substrate) of a body of water, as in a lakebed or riverbed
- Base on which the type rests on a flat-bed letterpress printing machine
- 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
- The area surrounding the lane, including the approach, the pit, and the gutters
- A layer within a sequence of sedimentary rocks defined by planar to irregular boundaries representing an original depositional surface
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
- 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
- The entire area a lane is set into, from the approach to the pit, including the channels
- The substrate plane, bounded by banks, over which the water column at some point in time resides (American Fisheries Society 1985)
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
- A layer of rock in the earth Also the bottom of a body of water such as a river, lake, or sea
- (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
- The bottom of a watercourse, or any body of water
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
- have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- The bed is the foundation on which the lathe is built
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
- Sedimentary structure that usually represents a layer of deposited sediment
- the base on which the paper is held in a press
- That part or a conveyor upon which the load rests or slides while being conveyed
- The bottom of a channel
- In geology the term bed refers to a individual layer of the rock, which is distinguishable from the beds above and below it
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"
- The spring portion of a trampoline that athletes bounce on
- A layer of rock, usually sediments, which is homogeneous (the same) in composition One bed is separated from another by a bedding plane
- furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-and-breakfast
- Alternative spelling of bed and breakfast
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-mould
- The congeries of mouldings which is under the projecting part of almost every cornice, of which, indeed, it is a part
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-wet
- To wet the bed: to experience bed-wetting or enuresis, to urinate while asleep
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-and-breakfast
- {i} hotel or inn which offers overnight lodging and breakfast for one price
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-hop
- sleep around; "His wife bed hops
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-making
- arranging of bedsheets and pillows
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-ridden
- sick, ill, remaining in bed due to medical reasons
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-wetting
- enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-wetting
- the problem that some children have of passing urine (=liquid from the body) while they are asleep
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>-wetting
- urinating in bed, urinating while sleeping
- Jack-go-to-<span class="word-self">bedspan>-at-noon
- A biannual plant distributed across Europe and North America, scienitific name Tragopogon pratensis
- Murphy <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A light type of bed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use
- air <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A bed that is inflated with air and used as a permanent or temporary bed. They are adjustable, and sometimes portable
- apple-pie <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To have sexual intercourse with
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To set out plants in a garden bed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid
A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To settle, as machinery
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed
The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept
I had breakfast in bed this morning.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found
Oysters are farmed from their beds.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A deposit of ore, coal etc
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on
I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A garden plot, as in "bed of roses"
We added a new rosebush to our rose bed.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To put oneself to sleep
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To go to a sleeping bed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> 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.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> and breakfast
- A private home or guesthouse, etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> and breakfast
- A type of guesthouse providing such a service. Abbreviations: B & B, B&B
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> down
- To put an animal to rest for the night
We'll bed down the cattle and head into town..
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> down
- To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery
Sleep beneath the melting sky.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> 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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> head
- The disheveled appearance of a person's hair after he has risen from sleeping
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> 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.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> load
- the large particles of sediment that are carried along the bottom of a stream
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> of pelts
- A pelt bed; an item of furniture cushioned with fur for sleeping
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> of roses
- A comfortable or luxurious position
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> of roses
- A pleasant or easy situation
It's a straightforward job, but it's no bed of roses, with such long hours.
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> out
- To transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> push
- a fund raising event, usually run by hospitals, where a wheeled bed is pushed through the streets to raise awareness of the campaign
- <span class="word-self">bedspan> sheet
- A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen
- breakfast in <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Breakfast served to one in bed upon waking
- breakfast in <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To enjoy one's breakfast while in bed
- breakfasts in <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- plural form of breakfast in bed
- bunk <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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 <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A cot; a lightweight portable bed used by the military, campers etc
- canopy <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A bed equipped with a canopy
- coal <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A coal seam
- creek <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The bed of a stream
- creek <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The dry channel that was formerly the path of a stream
- creek-<span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Attributive form of creek bed
creek-bed ecosystem.
- day <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Alternative spelling of daybed. A bed or sofa used specially for daytime
- double <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A bed designed for two people measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters). Also called a full bed
- early to <span class="word-self">bedspan>, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
- platitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard
- fluidized <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A reactor vessel or other piece of equipment in which a substance is maintained in the fluidized state. In this context, often used attributively
- fluidized <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently
- get out of <span class="word-self">bedspan> on the wrong side
- To start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason
Our CO must have gotten out of bed on the wrong side, for he gave the whole company hell for their poor morale, dirty barracks, etc.
- get up on the wrong side of the <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason
I think my boss got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.
- go to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To lie down to sleep, to put oneself in one's bed
It's been a long day - I think I'll just go to bed.
- go to <span class="word-self">bedspan> with
- To have sex with someone
After the party, she's hoping to go to bed with Sonya.
- goes to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go to bed
- going to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Present participle of go to bed
- gone to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Past participle of go to bed
- hot <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A central point of activity, relating to a specific task
- hot <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Reusing sleeping quarters in shifts
The crew of the submarine quickly got used to hot bedding.
- in <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- While on a bed
Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities.
- in <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Regarding sexual prowess
She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.
- in <span class="word-self">bedspan> with
- Sharing one's bed with
- in <span class="word-self">bedspan> with
- Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly
He's not for the company, he's in bed with the investment bankers.
- make the <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To arrange the sheets of a bed in a neat way
- marker <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A rock unit with distinctive stratigraphic features which can be traced over a wide area
- marriage <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The bed shared by a newly-married couple
- orthopedic <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A bed having a very firm mattress or a board
- orthopedic <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A bed designed to relieve specific skeletal symptoms
- oyster <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A place on the seabed where oysters are grown to be harvested
- pig <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- a mold, made in a bed of sand, in which pig iron is cast; a pig
- pissy <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- dandelion
- procrustean <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- An arbitrary standard to which compliance is enforced
The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality.
- put to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To finalise the result, seal a win
- put to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To prepare a newspaper for printing
- put to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To help someone, for example a child, go to bed
- red under the <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- An insidious communist presence; a communist who has infiltrated capitalist society
- reds under the <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- plural form of red under the bed
- river <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The channel in the carrying surface that forms the physical constraint of a river. brook, or stream
- river-<span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Attributive form of river bed, noun
- single <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A standard-sized bed, usually for the use of only one person
- tanning <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A device emitting ultraviolet radiation used to produce a cosmetic suntan
- test <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Any venue, setup, etc. used for experimentation, testing, proving a concept, etc
Since that set of articles is already fairly complete, they might serve as a good test bed for the different organizational systems we want to try.
- truckle <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A trundle bed
- trundle <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests
- twin <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Either of a pair of matching single beds
- wake up on the wrong side of <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- to feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed
He can't stop shouting at me: he must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
- went to <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Simple past of go to bed
- wet the <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To urinate in one's bed (during sleep)
- would not throw someone out of <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- an understatement meaning one finds a person sexually attractive
She was the sort of woman middle-aged men said they wouldn't throw out of bed, but never expected to get into it.
- you made your <span class="word-self">bedspan>, now sleep in it
- A moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into
- you make the <span class="word-self">bedspan> you lie in
- A person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions
- you've made your <span class="word-self">bedspan>, now lie in it
- You must accept the consequences of your actions
- french <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 1. A bedstead with head and foot rolled outward in scroll form2. A short-sheeted bed
- bunk <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Two beds that are joined together so that one is placed above the other
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- {v} to put to or into bed, lie sleep, sow
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- {n} a place to sleep on, lodging, channel of a river, plat in a garden, bank of earth
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- To go to bed with someone means to have sex with them
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">BEdspan>
- When you make the bed, you neatly arrange the sheets and covers of a bed so that it is ready to sleep in
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Refers to the relatively flat or level bottom (substrate) of a body of water, as in a lakebed or riverbed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- Sedimentary structure that usually represents a layer of deposited sediment
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- the base on which the paper is held in a press
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The spring portion of a trampoline that athletes bounce on
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A layer of rock in the earth Also the bottom of a body of water such as a river, lake, or sea
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- In geology, a smal, distinct rock unit
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- In geology the term bed refers to a individual layer of the rock, which is distinguishable from the beds above and below it
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The substrate plane, bounded by banks, over which the water column at some point in time resides (American Fisheries Society 1985)
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The area surrounding the lane, including the approach, the pit, and the gutters
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To furnish with a bed or bedding
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- {f} put to sleep; take to bed; have sex with; provide with bed and bedding
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- That part or a conveyor upon which the load rests or slides while being conveyed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A course of stone or brick in a wall
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- To go to bed; to cohabit
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- That part of a conveyor upon which the load or carrying medium rests, rolls or slides while being conveyed
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- (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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The bottom of a channel
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- {i} piece of furniture used for sleeping on; bottom (of a sea, river or lake); area for growing plants
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- (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
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The entire area a lane is set into, from the approach to the pit, including the channels
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- A layer of rock, usually sediments, which is homogeneous (the same) in composition One bed is separated from another by a bedding plane
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- The bottom of a watercourse, or any body of water
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
- <span class="word-self">bedspan>
- 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
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- 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
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- 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"
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- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals
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- a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
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- To have sexual intercourse
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- 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
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- The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river
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- 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
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- The steel flat table of a cylinder printing press upon which the type sits during the printing process
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- A layer within a sequence of sedimentary rocks defined by planar to irregular boundaries representing an original depositional surface
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- 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
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- An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch
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- A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground
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- The bed is the foundation on which the lathe is built