Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To share sleeping accommodations with one or two others serially (in shifts), as on a ship or a submarine or other operation with round-the-clock staffing.

    The crew of the submarine quickly got used to hot bedding.

  2. (transitive)To farm using hotbeds for season extension.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I prefer long, hot showers before bed.

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  2. Japanese love to soak in a hot tub before bed.

    deJapaner lieben es, ein heißes Bad zu nehmen, bevor sie ins Bett gehen. — Bellinger

Forms

hot beds, hot bedding, hot bedded, hot bedded
Base formhot bed · to hot bed
3rd person singularhot beds
Present participlehot bedding
Past simplehot bedded
Past participlehot bedded

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhot bed
he, she, ithot beds

Past simpleLesson

all personshot bedded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hot bedded
he, she, ithas hot bedded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hot bed

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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