bed

noun

1. a thing for sleeping or resting on; specif., a piece of furniture consisting usually of a bedstead, bedspring, mattress, and bedding
2. bedstead
3. bedtime
4. any place used for sleeping or reclining
5. such a place regarded as the scene of sexual intercourse or procreation
6. 1. a plot of soil where plants are raised
   2. the flowers or vegetables growing in this
7. 1. the bottom of a river, lake, etc.
   2. a place on the ocean floor where something grows in abundance oyster bed
8. an enclosing substance, as rock in which shells, minerals, etc. are lodged
9. any flat surface used as a foundation or support, as the earth, gravel, etc. under the rails and ties of a railroad
10. 1. a layer of cement or mortar in which stone or brick is laid
    2. the underside of a brick, slate, or tile
11. a pile or heap resembling a bed, esp. in softness or shape a bed of leaves
12. a geologic layer; stratum a bed of coal
13. ☆ the flat surface on which cargo is placed, as in a pickup or flatbed

Etymology: ME & OE < IE base *bhedh-, to dig > Ger bett, L fossa, ditch, W bedd, Bret béz, a grave; orig. sense “a sleeping hollow in the ground”

transitive verb bedded bed′·ded, bedding bed′·ding

1. to provide with a sleeping place
2. to put to bed
3. to have sexual intercourse with
4. to fix or place firmly; embed
5. to plant or arrange in a bed of earth
6. to make (earth) into a bed for plants
7. to lay out flat like a bed; arrange in layers

intransitive verb

1. to go to bed; rest; sleep
2. to form in layers; stratify