bed definition

1. a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• examples: he sat on the edge of the bed
• examples: the room had only a bed and chair
2. a plot of ground in which plants are growing
• examples: the gardener planted a bed of roses
3. a depression forming the ground under a body of water
• examples: he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
4. (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
• examples: they found a bed of sandstone
5. 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.
6. a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
• examples: the track bed had washed away
7. furnish with a bed
• examples: The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals
8. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
9. put to bed
• examples: The children were bedded at ten o'clock