Meaning

29 senses
  1. (countable)A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

    My cat often sleeps on my bed.

    I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.

    a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

  2. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

    (countable)A mattress.

    I find her bed too soft.

  3. (countable)A bedframe.

    That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A prepared spot in which to spend the night.

    When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.

    Lager, Bett

    посте́льpostélʹ

    по́стільpóstilʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable, usually)One's place of sleep or rest.

    Go to bed!

    I had breakfast in bed this morning.

  6. (uncountable, usually)Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.

    He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.

  7. (uncountable, usually)The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.

    I read until bed.

  8. (countable)The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution.

    We have a patient who needs a bed right away.

  9. (uncountable)Time spent in a bed.

  10. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Marriage.

  11. (figuratively, uncountable)Sexual activity.

    Too much bed, not enough rest.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.

    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.

Examples

4763 sentences
  1. You must go to bed now.

    Ти маєш зараз іти до ліжка.

    deDu musst jetzt ins Bett gehen.

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  2. It's time to go to bed.

    Час іти до ліжка.

    ruПора спать.

    deEs ist Zeit, ins Bett zu gehen.

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  3. I go to bed very early.

    Я лягаю спати дуже рано.

    ruЯ ложусь спать очень рано.

    deIch gehe sehr früh zu Bett.

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  4. All the children went to bed.

    Всі діти пішли спати.

    ruВсе дети пошли спать.

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  5. My mother is sick in bed.

    Моя мама у ліжку, хворіє.

    deMeine Mutter liegt krank im Bett.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
piece of furniture:
bed as general place or concept:
the bottom of a lake or other body of water:
garden plot:
Русский
By meaning 7
piece of furniture:
the bottom of a lake or other body of water:
area where a large number of shellfish is found:
garden plot:
platform of a vehicle that supports the load:
piece of music over which a radio DJ talks:
deposit of ore, coal etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
piece of furniture:
flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed:
area where a large number of shellfish is found:
garden plot:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic

Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”).

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Forms

plural: beds
Singularbed
Pluralbeds

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a depression forming the ground under a body of water:bottom
  • single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance:layer
  • a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit:seam

Word family

243 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go to bed
  • out of bed
  • stay in bed
  • to bed early
  • sick in bed
  • bed early
  • under the bed
  • be in bed
  • bed before midnight
  • in bed all
  • bed early tonight
  • on the bed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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