bed

1. n. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. Source: opted

2. n. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. Source: opted

3. n. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. Source: opted

4. n. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. Source: opted

5. n. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. Source: opted

6. n. A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. Source: opted

7. n. See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. Source: opted

8. n. The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. Source: opted

9. n. A course of stone or brick in a wall. Source: opted

10. n. The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. Source: opted

11. n. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. Source: opted

12. n. The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine. Source: opted

13. n. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. Source: opted

14. n. The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. Source: opted

15. v. t. To place in a bed. Source: opted

16. v. t. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. Source: opted

17. v. t. To furnish with a bed or bedding. Source: opted

18. v. t. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold. Source: opted

19. v. t. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock. Source: opted

20. v. t. To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. Source: opted

21. v. t. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. Source: opted

22. v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit. Source: opted

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