- (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
- (v.t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
- (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.
- (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
- (v.t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
- (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
- (v.t.) To lay or put in any hollow place or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
- (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed) or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves or twigs.
- (n.) The bottom of a watercourse or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
- (v.t.) To place in a bed.
- (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
- (n.) The superficial earthwork or ballast, of a railroad.
- (n.) A layer or seam or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
- (v.i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.
- (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- (v.t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
- (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate or tile.
- (v.t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
- (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
- (v.t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). bed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/bed/definitions/1978989 |
| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "bed" http://smartdefine.org/bed/definitions/1978989 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | Webster's 2011, bed, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/bed/definitions/1978989>. |
| MLA | Webster's. "bed" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/bed/definitions/1978989> |