- bed down
- verbgo to bed (Freq. 1)-
We bedded down at midnight
• Syn: ↑bunk down• Hypernyms:↑go to bed, ↑turn in, ↑bed, ↑crawl in, ↑kip down, ↑hit the hay, ↑hit the sack, ↑sack out, ↑go to sleep, ↑retire• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
-Somebody ——s PP
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bed downTo (cause to) settle down, esp in a makeshift bed, for sleep• • •Main Entry: ↑bed* * *
ˌbed ˈdown [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bed down he/she/it beds down present participle bedding down past tense bedded down past participle bedded down] phrasal verbto lie down, or to put someone else into a bed or another place to sleepIt was time to bed down for the night.
John and Steve can bed down in the living room.
Main entry: bed* * *
bed down [phrasal verb]1 : to lie down somewhere for sleepThere were so many people that some of us had to bed down in the living room.
2 bed (someone or something) down or bed down (someone or something) : to provide (a person or animal) with a place to sleepWhen the animals had been fed and bedded down, we went inside to eat dinner.
• • •Main Entry: ↑bed* * *
ˌbed ˈdown derivedto sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep•
You have my room and I'll bed down in the living room.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.