bed
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleepA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
» You must go to bed now.
Du musst jetzt ins Bett gehen.
Ти маєш зараз іти до ліжка.
Meaning
29 senses(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
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
(countable)A mattress.
I find her bed too soft.
(countable)A bedframe.
That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.
(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
(countable, uncountable, usually)One's place of sleep or rest.
Go to bed!
I had breakfast in bed this morning.
(uncountable, usually)Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
(uncountable, usually)The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
I read until bed.
(countable)The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution.
We have a patient who needs a bed right away.
(uncountable)Time spent in a bed.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Marriage.
(figuratively, uncountable)Sexual activity.
Too much bed, not enough rest.
(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 sentencesYou must go to bed now.
Ти маєш зараз іти до ліжка.
deDu musst jetzt ins Bett gehen.
It's time to go to bed.
Час іти до ліжка.
ruПора спать.
deEs ist Zeit, ins Bett zu gehen.
I go to bed very early.
Я лягаю спати дуже рано.
ruЯ ложусь спать очень рано.
deIch gehe sehr früh zu Bett.
All the children went to bed.
Всі діти пішли спати.
ruВсе дети пошли спать.
My mother is sick in bed.
Моя мама у ліжку, хворіє.
deMeine Mutter liegt krank im Bett.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 7
By meaning 4
Origin
Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West GermanicInherited 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: bedsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
243 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Daily routine — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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