bed

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

• “he sat on the edge of the bed”
• “the room had only a bed and chair”

a plot of ground in which plants are growing

• “the gardener planted a bed of roses”

a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• “he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

• “they found a bed of standstone”

a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

• “he worked in the coal beds”

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

• “slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”

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.

a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

• “the track bed had washed away”

furnish with a bed

• “The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals”

place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

put to bed

• “The children were bedded at ten o”

have sexual intercourse with

• “This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”
• “Adam knew Eve”
• “Were you ever intimate with this man?”

go to bed in order to sleep

• “I usually turn in at midnight”
• “He turns out at the crack of dawn”