Definition of Bed

Noun: bed 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";
- bottom
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
"they found a bed of sandstone"
A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
"he worked in the coal beds";
- seam
Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach";
- layer
The flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper, magazine or book etc.
A foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railway track
"the track bed had washed away"

Verb: bed (bedded,bedding) bed

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'clock"
Have sexual intercourse
- sleep together, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], have a go at it, get it on, make whoopee, nail [N. Amer]
Prepare for sleep
"He goes to bed at the crack of dawn";
- go to bed, turn in, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire