bed - 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.
bed, layer - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Example:- slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
bed, seam - a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
Example:- he worked in the coal beds
bed - a plot of ground in which plants are growing
Example:- the gardener planted a bed of roses
bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
Example:- he sat on the edge of the bed
bed - a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
Example:- the track bed had washed away
bed, bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water
Example:- he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
bed - (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
Example:- they found a bed of sandstone
bed - put to bed
Example:- The children were bedded at ten o'clock
bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in - prepare for sleep
Example:- I usually turn in at midnight
bed - place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with - have sexual intercourse with
Example:- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
bed - furnish with a bed
Example:- The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals