| BEd abbr. Bachelor of Education |
bed (b d)n. 1. a. A piece of furniture for reclining and sleeping, typically consisting of a flat, rectangular frame and a mattress resting on springs. b. A bedstead. c. A mattress. 2. a. A place where one may sleep; lodging: found bed and board at an inn. b. Accommodations for a single person at a hospital or institution: a maternity ward with 30 beds. 3. A time at which one goes to sleep: drank milk before bed. 4. A place for lovemaking. 5. A marital relationship with its rights and intimacies. 6. a. A small plot of cultivated or planted land: a flower bed. b. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers: a clam bed; an oyster bed. 7. The bottom of a body of water, such as a stream. 8. A supporting, underlying, or securing part, especially: a. A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce. b. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed. c. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid. 9. Printing The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed. 10. The part of a truck, trailer, or freight car designed to carry loads. 11. Geology a. A rock mass of large horizontal extent bounded, especially above, by physically different material. b. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification. 12. A heap of material: a bed of wood chips. v. bed·ded, bed·ding, beds v.tr. 1. To furnish with a bed or sleeping quarters: We bedded our guests down in the study. 2. To put or send to bed. 3. To have sexual relations with. 4. To plant in a prepared plot of soil. 5. To lay flat or arrange in layers. 6. a. To embed. b. To establish; base. v.intr. Idioms: 1. To go to bed. 2. Geology To form layers or strata. get into bed with Slang To become closely involved with another person or group, as in an intrigue: "The Israelis were experienced at this kind of [covert] ... work, but it was essential that the administration not get into bed with them on this" (Bob Woodward). go to bed with To have sexual relations with. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
Beds
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(Placename) Bedfordshire
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