1.a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep;
he sat on the edge of the bed
2.a plot of ground in which plants are growing;
the gardener planted a bed of roses
3.a depression forming the ground under a body of water;
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
4.(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock);
they found a bed of standstone
5.a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit;
he worked in the coal beds
6.single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
7.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.
8.a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track;
the track bed had washed away
1.furnish with a bed;
The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals
2.place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
3.put to bed;
The children were bedded at ten o'clock
4.have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
5.go to bed in order to sleep;
I usually turn in at midnight