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bed
has definitions from the fields of housing,geography,mining,geology,sexuality
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[ noun ] (housing) a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
Examples "he sat on the edge of the bed" "the room had only a bed and chair" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)Neither are beds , thanks to air_mattresses and sleeping_bags . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)But there is little doubt that in many marriages the wife is boss of the marital bed . Family survival on our own Western frontier , for_example , could quite literally depend_on a man 's strength and ability to bring_home_the_bacon ; and the dependent wife seldom questioned his judgment about anything , including the marriage bed . Thus a man who is butting_a_stone_wall at the office may become unusually aggressive in bed - the one place he can still be champion . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)He knelt down at his bed as long as he could kneel . |
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[ noun ] (geography) a plot of ground in which plants are growing
Examples "the gardener planted a bed of roses" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)The most beautiful bed of pansies I 've seen was in a South_Dakota yard on a sizzling day . I spade lots of compost into their bed ; lacking that , decayed manure spread_over the bed is fine . I spade lots of compost into their bed ; lacking that , decayed manure spread_over the bed is fine . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a depression forming the ground under a body of water
Synonyms Examples "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He tilted his homely face toward the dry bed of the river . Related terms |
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[ verb ] go to bed in order to sleep
Examples "I usually turn in at midnight" "He turns out at the crack of dawn" |
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[ verb ] (sexuality) have sexual intercourse with
Examples "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm" "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic) "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
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[ verb ] place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
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[ noun ] a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
Examples "the track bed had washed away" Related terms |
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