bed down
To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people…To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison.
» We bedded down at the roadside park for the night.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison.
The horses will bed down once they get in the stable.
The tent was an uncomfortable place to bed down.
(transitive)To put an animal to rest for the night.
We'll bed down the cattle and head into town.
(transitive)To sleep with or sleep alongside (a person or pet).
Who has she been bedding down with?
(ambitransitive, figuratively)To make or become permanent, fixed or wedded to a particular setup, way of thinking, style or manner.
A habit can easily become bedded down.
The new batch of employees soon bedded down.
- go to bed
Examples
3 sentencesWe bedded down at the roadside park for the night.
Like one who bedded down outside.
He bedded down outside.
Forms
beds down, bedding down, bedded down, bedded down| Base form | bed down · to bed down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | beds down |
| Present participle | bedding down |
| Past simple | bedded down |
| Past participle | bedded down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbs- bed outTo transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed.
- bed inTo allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
- bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison.
Synonyms
1 synonyms- go to bed:bunk down
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb