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

[ Syn: bottom ]

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); they found a bed of sandstone'

a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; he worked in the coal beds

[ Syn: seam ]

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach

[ Syn: 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'

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?

[ Syn: sleep together , roll in the hay , love , make out , make love , sleep with , get laid , have sex , know , do it , be intimate , have intercourse , have it away , have it off , screw , fuck , jazz , eff , hump , lie with , have a go at it , bang , get it on , bonk ]

prepare for sleep; I usually turn in at midnight; He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

[ Syn: go to bed , go to bed , turn in , turn in , crawl in , crawl in , kip down , kip down , hit the hay , hit the hay , hit the sack , hit the sack , sack out , sack out , go to sleep , go to sleep , retire , retire ]