Dictionary entry details
• BED (noun)
Meaning:
A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context examples:
he sat on the edge of the bed / the room had only a bed and chair
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
Meronyms (parts of "bed"):
bedframe; bedstead (the framework of a bed)
mattress (a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
berth; built in bed; bunk (a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers)
plank-bed (a bed of boards (without a mattress))
platform bed (a bed without springs)
sickbed (the bed on which a sick person lies)
single bed (a bed for one occupant)
sleigh bed (a bed with solid headboard and footboard that roll outward at the top)
truckle; truckle bed; trundle; trundle bed (a low bed to be slid under a higher bed)
twin bed (one of a pair of identical beds)
water bed (a bed with a mattress made of strong plastic that is filled with water)
Murphy bed (a bed that can be folded or swung into a cabinet when not being used)
marriage bed (the bed shared by a newly wed couple)
hammock; sack (a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily)
built-in bed (a bed that is built in and fixed to a wall)
bunk (a rough bed (as at a campsite))
bunk; bunk bed (beds built one above the other)
camp bed; cot (a small bed that folds up for storage or transport)
couch (a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment)
deathbed (the bed on which a person dies)
double bed (a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers)
four-poster (a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains)
Meaning:
A plot of ground in which plants are growing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the gardener planted a bed of roses
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
patch; plot; plot of ground (a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
turnip bed (a bed in which turnips are growing)
seedbed (a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting)
hotbed (a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants)
bed of flowers; flower bed; flowerbed (a bed in which flowers are growing)
asparagus bed (a bed in which asparagus is growing)
Meaning:
A depression forming the ground under a body of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
bed; bottom
Context example:
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
creek bed; streambed (a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream)
river bottom; riverbed (a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river)
Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)
lake bed; lake bottom (the bottom of a lake)
Meaning:
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
they found a bed of sandstone
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
ore bed (a stratum of ore)
Meaning:
A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
seam; bed
Context example:
he worked in the coal beds
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
coal seam (a seam of coal)
Meaning:
Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
layer; bed
Context example:
slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
wall (a layer of material that encloses space)
tier (one of two or more layers one atop another)
ply ((usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood)
lift (one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot)
interlayer (a layer placed between other layers)
course; row ((construction) a layer of masonry)
blanket (a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor)
backing; mount (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)
Holonyms ("bed" is a part of...):
laminate (a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers)
Meaning:
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.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)
Holonyms ("bed" is a part of...):
press; printing press (a machine used for printing)
Meaning:
A foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the track bed had washed away
Hypernyms ("bed" is a kind of...):
base; foot; foundation; fundament; groundwork; substructure; understructure (lowest support of a structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed"):
railroad bed (a bed on which railroad track is laid)
roadbed (a bed supporting a road)
• BED (verb)
Meaning:
Furnish with a bed
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals
Hypernyms (to "bed" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bed"):
bunk (provide with a bunk)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bed" is one way to...):
plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Put to bed
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The children were bedded at ten o'clock
Hypernyms (to "bed" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Have sexual intercourse with
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
have it away; have it off; have sex; lie with; make love; roll in the hay; screw; sleep with; have intercourse; have a go at it; get laid; do it; be intimate; bonk; eff; fuck; get it on; hump; jazz; bed; love; bang; make out; know
Context examples:
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm / Adam knew Eve / Were you ever intimate with this man?
Hypernyms (to "bed" is one way to...):
copulate; couple; mate; pair (make love)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bed"):
have; take (have sex with; archaic use)
fornicate (have sex without being married)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Prepare for sleep
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sack out; kip down; hit the sack; hit the hay; go to sleep; go to bed; crawl in; turn in; bed; retire
Context examples:
I usually turn in at midnight / He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bed"):
bed down; bunk down (go to bed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
