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Synonyms of bed in English:

bed


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noun

1‘she undressed and climbed into her bed’

SYNONYMS
couch, berth, billet
informal the sack, the hay
British informal one's pit
Scottish informal kip

2‘a flower bed’

SYNONYMS
patch, plot, area, lot, space, border, strip, row

3‘the pavement consists of granite blocks set on a bed of cement’

SYNONYMS
base, basis, foundation, support, prop, stay, bottom, core, substructure, substratum
groundwork

4‘the bed of the stream’

SYNONYMS
bottom, floor, ground, depths

verb

1‘the tiles are bedded in mortar’

SYNONYMS
embed, set, fix into, insert, inlay, implant, bury, base, plant, settle

2‘I bedded out a few of the houseplants in a prominent position in the garden’

SYNONYMS
plant, plant out, set in beds, set in soil, put in the ground, set out, transplant

Phrases

    bed down


    SYNONYMS
    go to bed, retire, call it a day
    go to sleep, get some sleep, sleep, nap, have a nap, take a nap, catnap, doze, have a doze
    informal hit the sack, hit the hay, turn in, snooze, snatch forty winks, get some shut-eye
    British informal kip, have a kip, get some kip, hit the pit
    North American informal catch some Zs
    literary slumber
    go to bed with someone


    SYNONYMS
    have sex with, have sexual intercourse with, make love to, sleep with, spend the night with
    couple with, mate with
    informal bed, score with
    euphemistic have one's way with, have one's wicked way with
    formal copulate with
    formal fornicate with
    go to bed


    SYNONYMS
    retire, call it a day, bed down
    go to sleep, get some sleep, sleep, nap, have a nap, take a nap, catnap, doze, have a doze
    informal hit the sack, hit the hay, turn in, snooze, snatch forty winks, get some shut-eye
    British informal kip, have a kip, get some kip, hit the pit
    North American informal catch some Zs
    literary slumber
    ANTONYMS

    get up, rise