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- [bed]
- /bɛd/
- /bed/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bed]
- /bɛd/
Definitions of bed word
- countable noun bed A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE. 3
- countable noun bed A bed is a piece of furniture that you lie on when you sleep. 3
- countable noun bed If a place such as a hospital or a hotel has a particular number of beds, it is able to hold that number of patients or guests. 3
- countable noun bed A bed in a garden or park is an area of ground that has been specially prepared so that plants can be grown in it. 3
- countable noun bed A bed of shellfish or plants is an area in the sea or in a lake where a particular type of shellfish or plant is found in large quantities. 3
- countable noun bed The sea bed or a river bed is the ground at the bottom of the sea or of a river. 3
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Origin of bed
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bedd; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch bed, Old Saxon bed(de), Old High German betti (German Bett), Gothic badi < Germanic *badjan (neuter); akin to Latin fodere to dig, OCS bodǫ, Lithuanian bedù I pierce, Welsh bedd a grave; presumably a bed was dug out in the ground
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Parts of speech for Bed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bed
verb bed
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- fix — to repair; mend.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- found — simple past tense and past participle of find.
noun bed
- flowerbed — A part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
- patch — Alexander McCarrell [muh-kar-uh l] /məˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1945, U.S. World War II general.
- plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
Antonyms for bed
verb bed
- unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
noun bed
- imbed — embed.
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