A Quick and Simple Dictionary

bed

1. (abbreviation) .  (initialism of, banana equivalent dose) .
2. Noun.  A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on.
3. Noun.  (uncountable) One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept.
4. Noun.  A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed.
5. Noun.  A garden plot, as in "bed of roses".
6. Noun.  The bottom of a lake or other body of water, as in "sea bed".
7. Noun.  An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.
8. Noun.  A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed.
9. Noun.  A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
10. Noun.  The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
11. Noun.  A deposit of ore, coal etc.
12. Noun.  (geology) the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
13. Noun.  A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
14. Noun.  A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks.
15. Verb.  To go to a sleeping bed.
16. Verb.  To put oneself to sleep.
17. Verb.  To settle, as machinery.
18. Verb.  To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
19. Verb.  To set out plants in a garden bed.
20. Verb.  (slang) To have sexual intercourse with. (defdate, from early 14th c.) .