bed

Sense 1 noun

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

he sat on the edge of the bed

Sense 2 verb

furnish with a bed

The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals

Sense 3 noun

a plot of ground in which plants are growing

the gardener planted a bed of roses

Sense 4 verb

place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

Sense 5 noun

a depression forming the ground under a body of water

he searched for treasure on the ocean bed

Sense 6 verb

put to bed

The children were bedded at ten o'clock

Sense 7 noun

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

they found a bed of sandstone

Sense 8 verb

have sexual intercourse with

This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

Sense 9 noun

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

he worked in the coal beds

Sense 10 verb

prepare for sleep

I usually turn in at midnight

Sense 11 noun

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach

Sense 12 noun

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.

Sense 13 noun

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

the track bed had washed away