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bed
verbs
go to bed
• What time do you go to bed at night?
get into bed/get out of bed
• I usually read for a bit after I get into bed.
climb into bed
• Lucy climbed into bed and lay awake thinking.
crawl into bed
(= get into bed feeling very tired )
• We finally crawled into bed at three in the morning.
jump into/out of bed
• I jumped out of bed and ran over to the window.
get somebody out of bed
(= make someone get out of bed )
• His mother couldn’t get him out of bed in the mornings.
stay in bed
(= not get up early/at the usual time )
• At the weekend it’s really nice to be able to stay in bed.
make the bed
(= tidy the sheets and covers after you get up )
• Don’t forget to make your bed before you go out!
change a bed
(= put clean sheets on it )
• You should change the beds at least once a fortnight.
put somebody to bed
(= put a child in their bed )
• I put the baby to bed at 7 o'clock as usual.
take to your bed
written (= go to bed because you feel ill )
• Guy had a stomach ache and took to his bed.
adjectives
a single bed
(= for one person )
• There was only a single bed.
a double bed
(= a bed for two people )
• Would you like a double bed or twin beds?
a king-size bed
(= a very big double bed )
a queen-size bed
(= a big bed for two people )
twin beds
(= two single beds in a room )
bunk beds
(= two single beds joined together one above the other )
• The kids love sleeping in bunk beds.
a spare bed
(= a bed for visitors to your home )
• Come and stay any time – we have a spare bed.
a feather bed
(= a bed with feathers in the mattress )
phrases
the foot/head of the bed
(= the bottom/top of the bed )
• I woke up to find someone standing at the foot of the bed.
(it’s) time for bed
• She sat and sewed until it was time for bed.
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bed sth out
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to move young or delicate plants from inside and plant them outside
• May is the time to bed out the geraniums., bed down
WORK WELL
2. If a new process or organization beds down, it starts to operate well because it has existed for long enough
• It did not take the procedure long to bed down., bed down
SLEEP
1. to lie down somewhere, usually somewhere different from where you usually sleep, in order to go to sleep
• I bedded down on the couch for the night.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun piece of furniture for sleeping on ADJ. double, king-size, single, twin | bunk, camp, feather, folding, four-poster, hospital, sofa | warm | unmade a messy room, with an unmade bed and clothes on the floor | marriage VERB + BED do (informal), make, make up | strip Please strip the beds and put the sheets in the washing machine. | climb into, crawl into, get into, go to, tumble into She crawled into bed exhausted. | climb out of, get out of, leap out of | lie (down) on, lie in, sit on He lay in bed, reading his book. Elizabeth was sitting on her bed writing a letter. | put sb to, tuck sb up in It's your turn to put the children to bed. | wet Don't punish a child who wets the bed. BED + NOUN clothes, linen PREP. in ~ I like to be in bed before 11 o'clock. | out of ~ Are you out of bed yet? PHRASES bed and breakfast, the edge/side of the bed, the foot/head of the bed, get sb into bed (= have sex with sb), go to bed with sb (= have sex with sb), take to your bed (= go to bed because you are ill), time for bed Come on, children, it's time for bed. piece of ground for growing flowers, vegetables, etc. ADJ. flower, rose, strawberry | ornamental | raised PREP. ~ of ornamental beds of roses
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with BED, Also see EARLY TO BED; GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BED; GO TO BED WITH; MAKE ONE'S BED AND LIE IN IT; MAKE THE BED; ON ONE'S DEATHBED; PUT TO BED; SHOULD HAVE STOOD IN BED; STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.
American Heritage Idioms