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Antonyms for bed

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bed
Phonetic Transcription : bɛd


Definition of bed

Origin :
  • Old English bedd "bed, couch, resting place, garden plot," from Proto-Germanic *badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground" (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon bed, Middle Dutch bedde, Old Norse beðr, Old High German betti, German Bett, Gothic badi "bed"), from PIE root *bhedh- "to dig, pierce" (cf. Hittite beda- "to pierce, prick," Greek bothyros "pit," Latin fossa "ditch," Lithuanian bedre "to dig," Breton bez "grave"). Both "sleeping" and "gardening" senses are in Old English. Meaning "bottom of a lake, sea, watercourse" is from 1580s.
  • noun furniture for sleeping
  • noun patch of ground for planting
  • noun base, foundation
  • verb plant
Example sentences :
  • His nephew, with his coat stripped off, was sitting on the side of the bed.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • For as he tried to sit up, he fell back sick and dizzy on the bed.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • As soon as the fellow on the bed would have his breath he would scream.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Went to bed so bally sober I couldn't sleep," replied the misguided youth.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The belt and the guns were tossed onto the bed, and Hal Dozier sat down.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The trousers which had lain on the floor beside Hank's bed were no longer there.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I have not been in bed all night; nor am I in the least drowsy.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • She had gone back to bed and fallen promptly into a pleasant sleep.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • On Monday morning she was ill, and Robin ordered her to stay in bed.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • He still had good days, days when he could be helped out of bed to sit in his chair.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

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