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Bed

/bed/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Bed"

noun

1
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."
2
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."
3
(heading) A layer or surface.

verb

1
Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
2
Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

🔄 Synonyms of "Bed"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bangnoun	A sudden percussive noise.
lovenoun	(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
bottomnoun	The lowest part of anything.
humpnoun	A mound of earth.
make outverb	(slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
knowverb	(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
bonknoun	(informal, chiefly UK, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
jazznoun	(music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
sleep withverb	(idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
seamnoun	(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
get it onverb	(slang) To have sex.
have it offverb	(slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.
lie withverb	(transitive, US) To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).
do itverb	(slang, euphemistic) To have sex; to make it.
have intercourseverb	have sexual intercourse with
have it awayverb	(informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse.
be intimateverb	have sexual intercourse with
have a go at itverb	have sexual intercourse with

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bed"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
seamnoun	(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
bottomnoun	The lowest part of anything.
humpnoun	A mound of earth.
bonknoun	(informal, countable, chiefly UK) An act of sexual intercourse.
bangnoun	A sudden percussive noise.
get it onverb	(slang) To have sex.
sleep withverb	(idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
do itverb	(slang, euphemistic) To have sex; to make it.
make outverb	(slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
lie withverb	(transitive, US) To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).
have it awayverb	(informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse.
have it offverb	(slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.
get laidverb	(slang, intransitive, often vulgar) To have sex, especially with a new partner or after a period of abstinence.
have sexverb	To engage in sex.
make loveverb	(euphemistic) To engage in sexual intercourse.
lovenoun	(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
effnoun	Alternative spelling of ef; the name of the Latin-script letter F/f. [The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.]
knownoun	Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)
jazznoun	(music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.