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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bed
Phonetic Transcription : bɛd



Definition of bed down

Origin :
  • Old English beddian "to provide with a bed or lodgings," from bed (n.). From c.1300 as "to go to bed," also "to copulate with, to go to bed with;" 1440 as "to lay out (land) in plots or beds." Related: Bedded; bedding.
  • As in settle : verb come to rest; fall
  • As in sleep : verb suspend consciousness
Example sentences :
  • But to haul you along on a load of seaweed that's goin' to bed down a hog!
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • They bed down as comfortably as they can, every time, on the round-up.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • I am afraid to sleep there; let me make my bed down beside yours.'
  • Extract from : « Jack in the Rockies » by George Bird Grinnell
  • He threw the bed down the trap-door and escaped by the window.
  • Extract from : « Old Country Inns of England » by Henry P. Maskell
  • That reminds me, I'm going to bed down with the boys in the bunkhouse to-night.
  • Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It would allow the cattle time to bed down and the packs to gather.
  • Extract from : « Wells Brothers » by Andy Adams
  • And that fool lying frozen on the bed down there—why, how long had that fool held herself frozen, knowing everything?
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn
  • Pink, you go and bed down in the shade somewhere and go to sleep—and quit worrying over last night.
  • Extract from : « The Heritage of the Sioux » by B.M. Bower
  • I'll spread a bed down dar and lay her down on de floor till I make some right strong tea.
  • Extract from : « Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter » by Metta V. Victor
  • Stella had possession of it, and had taken the bed down and banished it until after the holidays.
  • Extract from : « Ted Strong in Montana » by Edward C. Taylor

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