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bed

noun
/ˈbɛd/US/ˈbeː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”). Cognates Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).

  1. derived from *bʰedʰh₂-✻ — “to dig”
  2. inherited from *badją✻ — “resting-place, plot of ground”
  3. inherited from *badi✻
  4. inherited from bedd
  5. inherited from bed

Definitions

  1. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

    • My cat often sleeps on my bed.
    • I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.

  2. A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

    • The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.

  3. A horizontal layer or surface.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

      • I usually listen to music before I bed.

    2. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

      • 1810/1835, William Wordsworth, Guide to the Lakes Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded.

    3. Alternative form of B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education).

    4. Initialism of banana equivalent dose.

    5. Initialism of binge eating disorder.

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Derived

abed, air bed, alveolar bed, angel bed, ant-bed, apple-pie bed, arrester bed, asparagus bed, bark bed, bed and board, bed and breakfast, bed-and-breakfast → B&B-ing, B&B deal, B&B transaction, bed bath, bed blocker, bed blocking, bedboard, bedbound, bedbox, bed-breaking, bedbug, bedchair, bedchamber, bed check, bed-closet, bedclothes, bedclothing, bedcord, bedcover, bedcovering, bedcurtain, beddable, bedder, bedding, beddy, bedfast, bedfellow, bedform, bedframe · +277 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01bed02furniture03trappings04caparisons05caparison06dress07clothes

A definitional loop anchored at bed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at bed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA