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- pronunciation:
- bed
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- phrases:
- get up on the wrong side of the bed
- features:
- Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a piece of furniture used for resting or sleeping.
- synonyms:
- cot
- similar words:
- berth, sack
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| definition 2: |
an area of ground used for planting, or the plants themselves.
The cat dug up the flower bed.- synonyms:
- garden, patch, plot
- similar words:
- flat
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| definition 3: |
the bottom of a body of water.
Divers searched the ocean bed for lost treasure.- synonyms:
- bottom
- similar words:
- base, floor
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| definition 4: |
a supporting base or layer.
The bricks are lying on a bed of gravel.- synonyms:
- foundation, layer
- similar words:
- base, basis, deposit, lode, seam, support
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| related words: |
border, bottom, bunk, foundation |
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| phrase: |
get up on the wrong side of the bed |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
beds, bedding, bedded |
| definition: |
to give a resting or sleeping place to.
The old woman bedded the children near the fireplace.- similar words:
- accommodate, house, lodge, sleep
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A Latin word that meant "to dig or burrow" was the origin of the English word bed.
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