bed
/bɛd/ noun A1- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. · My cat often sleeps on my bed.· I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.
- A mattress. · I find her bed too soft.
- A bedframe. · That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night. · When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.
- One's place of sleep or rest. · Go to bed!· I had breakfast in bed this morning.
- Sleep; rest; getting to sleep. · He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.
- The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime. · I read until bed.
- The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution. · We have a patient who needs a bed right away.
Plural beds
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Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed.
Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.
Toto jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to get him.
She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt.
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