bed (bed) n.

1 a thing for sleeping or resting on; specif., a piece of furniture consisting usually of a bedstead, bedspring, mattress, and bedding
2 BEDSTEAD
3 BEDTIME
4
a) any place used for sleeping or reclining
b) such a place regarded as the scene of sexual intercourse or procreation
5 accommodations for an occupant [a 100-bed hospital]
6
a) a plot of soil where plants are raised
b) the flowers or vegetables growing in this
7
a) the bottom of a river, lake, etc.
b) a place on the ocean floor where something grows in abundance
8 an enclosing substance, as rock in which shells, minerals, etc. are lodged
9 any flat surface used as a foundation or support, as the earth, gravel, etc. under the rails and ties of a railroad
10
a) a layer of cement or mortar in which stone or brick is laid
b) the underside of a brick, slate, or tile
11 a pile or heap resembling a bed, esp. in softness or shape [a bed of leaves]
12 a geologic layer; stratum [a bed of coal]
☆13 the flat surface on which cargo is placed, as in a pickup or flatbed
–vt. bed'ded, bed'ding
1 to provide with a sleeping place
2 to put to bed
3 to have sexual intercourse with
4 to fix or place firmly; embed
5 to plant or arrange in a bed of earth
6 to make (earth) into a bed for plants
7 to lay out flat like a bed; arrange in layers
–vi.
1 to go to bed; rest; sleep
2 to form in layers; stratify
–be brought to bed (of) [Archaic] to give birth (to)
–bed and board
1 sleeping accommodations and meals
2 home; the married state
–☆bed down to prepare and use a sleeping place
–get up on the wrong side of the bed to be cross or grouchy
–in (or into) bed [Informal] in (or into) a close, collaborative relationship regarded as improper, undesirable, etc. [city officials in bed with organized crime]
–put to bed
1 to get (a child, invalid, etc.) ready for sleep, as in a bed
2 to lock (type, plates, etc.) into a form and place on a printing press
3 to get an edition (of a newspaper, etc.) ready for printing
–take to one's bed to go to bed because of illness, etc.