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1. a piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress and coverings:

(家具としての)ベッド, 寝台 (!しばしばマットレス･毛布なども含む; → bedroom)

e.g. a large double bed

e.g. she was in bed by nine

e.g. getting out of bed is a real struggle.

a bed and associated facilities making up a place for a patient in a hospital or for a guest at a hotel:

宿泊施設; 病室

e.g. a round of hospital staff layoffs and bed closings

e.g. few can afford a bed in a hotel.

a place or article used by a person or animal for sleep or rest:

(牛･馬などの)寝床; 敷きわら

e.g. a bed of straw.

the time for sleeping:

e.g. a glass of milk before bed.

informal used with reference to a bed as the typical place for sexual activity:

｟くだけて｠ (性交の場としての)ベッド; 性交, セックス (!having sexの婉曲表現)

e.g. she'd gone to bed with Tony

e.g. some men care very little about pleasing their partners in bed.

2. the bottom of the sea or a lake or river:

(川･湖･海などの)底部; 川底, 湖底, 海底

e.g. the gravelly bed of the stream.

a place on the seabed where shellfish, especially oysters or mussels, breed or are bred:

養殖場 (!貝類などの養殖場をさし, 魚には用いない)

e.g. vast beds of oysters.

3. an area of ground, typically in a garden, where flowers and plants are grown:

苗床; 花壇

e.g. a bed of tulips

e.g. vegetable beds.

4. a stratum or layer of rock:

(地底の)岩盤(層), 岩床, 鉱床(bedrock); 〘地〙 地層(stratum)

e.g. a bed of clay.

5. a layer of food on which other foods are served:

〖通例a ～〗 (料理の)土台, 生地

e.g. the salad is served on a bed of raw spinach.

6. a flat base or foundation on which something rests or is supported:

(建築物などの)土台, 基礎［基底］(部)(foundation)

e.g. place each paver on a bed of concrete.

the foundation of a road or railroad:

(鉄道などの)路盤; (石･れんが敷きの)モルタル層; (タイルなどの)底面

e.g. the rubble and dirt will help to provide a stable bed for the new road.

chiefly North American the open part of a truck, wagon, or railroad car, where goods are carried:

(物を載せる各種の)台

e.g. the spare tire in the forward bed of the truck.

the flat surface beneath the baize of a billiard table.

verb (beds, bedding, bedded)

1. no object settle down to sleep or rest for the night in an improvised place:

(いつもと違う所で)寝る, 休息する(down)

e.g. he usually bedded down on newspapers in the church porch.

(bed someone/something down) settle a person or animal down to sleep or rest for the night.

〈人〉を寝かしつける.

informal have sexual intercourse with:

｟やや古｠ 〈異性〉をベッドに連れ込む, …とセックスする.

e.g. I am quite picky when it comes to bedding someone.

2. transfer (a plant) from a pot or seed tray to a garden plot:

〈苗など〉を移植する(out)

e.g. I bedded out these houseplants.

3. (usually be bedded in/on) fix firmly; embed:

【台などに】〈物など〉を固定する, 据えつける, はめ込む «in» ; …の基盤を固める; …を水平に置く.

e.g. the posts should be firmly bedded in concrete.

lay or arrange (something, especially stone) in a layer.

a board with nails pointing out of it, as lain on by fakirs and ascetics.

a problematic or uncomfortable situation.

archaic (of a woman) give birth to a child:

e.g. she was brought to bed of a daughter.

get up on the wrong side of the bed (also British get out of bed on the wrong side)

US start the day in a bad temper:

e.g. I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed and everybody knows it.

in bed with informal

having sexual intercourse with:

e.g. I came home and found them in bed together.

in undesirably close association with:

e.g. he was in bed with the Mob.

take or prepare someone, typically a child, for rest in bed:

e.g. Clare put her to bed and gave her a mug of cocoa.

stay in bed because of illness.

often with negative used in reference to a situation or activity that is comfortable or easy:

e.g. farming is no bed of roses.

fit a bed with sheets, blankets, and pillows.

informal prepare a newspaper for press.

Old English bed, bedd (noun), beddian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bed and German Bett.