bed

have sexual intercourse with“Adam knew Eve”

prepare for sleep“I usually turn in at midnight”

furnish with a bed“The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals”

place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

put to bed“The children were bedded at ten o'clock”

a depression forming the ground under a body of water“he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”

a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit“he worked in the coal beds”

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance“slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep“he sat on the edge of the bed”

a plot of ground in which plants are growing“the gardener planted a bed of roses”

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)“they found a bed of sandstone”

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.

a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track“the track bed had washed away”