English dictionary
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English noun: bed | |||
| 1. | bed (artifact) a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep | ||
| Samples | He sat on the edge of the bed. The room had only a bed and chair. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bedroom furniture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | berth, built in bed, built-in bed, bunk, bunk, bunk, bunk bed, camp bed, cot, couch, deathbed, double bed, four-poster, hammock, marriage bed, Murphy bed, plank-bed, platform bed, sack, sickbed, single bed, sleigh bed, truckle, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed, twin bed, water bed | ||
| Part holonym | bedframe, bedstead, mattress | ||
| Part meronym | bedchamber, bedroom, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room | ||
| 2. | bed (artifact) a plot of ground in which plants are growing | ||
| Samples | The gardener planted a bed of roses. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of land | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | asparagus bed, bed of flowers, flower bed, flowerbed, hotbed, seedbed, turnip bed | ||
| 3. | bed (object) a depression forming the ground under a body of water | ||
| Samples | He searched for treasure on the ocean bed. | ||
| Synonyms | bottom | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depression, natural depression | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | creek bed, Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, lake bed, lake bottom, ocean bottom, ocean floor, river bottom, riverbed, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed, streambed | ||
| 4. | bed (object) (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock) | ||
| Samples | They found a bed of sandstone. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stratum | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ore bed | ||
| Domain category | geology | ||
| 5. | bed (location) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit | ||
| Samples | He worked in the coal beds. | ||
| Synonyms | seam | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stratum | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coal seam | ||
| 6. | bed (artifact) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance | ||
| Samples | Slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach. | ||
| Synonyms | layer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backing, blanket, course, cushion, interlayer, lift, mount, overlay, ply, row, tier, wall | ||
| Part meronym | laminate | ||
| 7. | bed (artifact) 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. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Part meronym | press, printing press | ||
| 8. | bed (artifact) a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track | ||
| Samples | The track bed had washed away. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | railroad bed, roadbed | ||
English verb: bed | |||
| 1. | bed (possession) furnish with a bed | ||
| Samples | The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bunk | ||
| 2. | bed (contact) place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plant, set | ||
| 3. | bed (contact) put to bed | ||
| Samples | The children were bedded at ten o'clock. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| 4. | bed (contact) have sexual intercourse with | ||
| Samples | 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 together, sleep with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fornicate, have, take | ||
| Verb group | make out, neck | ||
| 5. | bed (body) prepare for sleep | ||
| Samples | I usually turn in at midnight. He goes to bed 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bed down, bunk down | ||
| Antonyms | get up, arise, uprise, rise, turn out | ||
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