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bed

noun

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 depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
Synonyms: bottom
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
Synonyms: seam
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
Synonyms: layer
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.
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"

verb

furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o''clock"
have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep with
go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
Synonyms: crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in Antonyms: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise, get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise