bed down

bed down
verb
go to bed (Freq. 1)
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We bedded down at midnight

• Syn: ↑bunk down
• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms: ↑doss, ↑doss down, ↑crash
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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bed down
To (cause to) settle down, esp in a makeshift bed, for sleep
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Main Entry: ↑bed

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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 verb
to lie down, or to put someone else into a bed or another place to sleep

It was time to bed down for the night.

John and Steve can bed down in the living room.

Thesaurus: to sit or lie downhyponym to stand or sit upsynonym
Main entry: bed

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bed down [phrasal verb]
1 : to lie down somewhere for sleep

There 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 sleep

They bedded us down in the living room.

When the animals had been fed and bedded down, we went inside to eat dinner.

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Main Entry: ↑bed

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ˌbed ˈdown derived
to sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep

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You have my room and I'll bed down in the living room.

Main entry: ↑bedderived

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  • bed down — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms bed down : 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 to lie down, or to put someone else into a… …   English dictionary

  • bed down — PHRASAL VERB If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed. [V P prep/adv] On those nights when they could find no monastery or inn to take them in, they bedded down in the fields …   English dictionary

  • bed down — verb a) To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery. The herd will tend to stay where the calves bed down. b) To put an animal to rest for the night. Through the woods, and frosted moors …   Wiktionary

  • bed down — lie down and sleep, find a place to sleep    After grazing in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill …   English idioms

  • bed down phrasal — verb 1 (transitive bed someone/something down) to make a person or animal comfortable for the night 2 (I) to make yourself comfortable for the night: Can I bed down on your sofa? …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • bed down — v. go to bed (e.g., I bedded down after midnight ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bed down — settle down for the night in an improvised place. → bed …   English new terms dictionary

  • bed down. — See go to bed. → bed …   Useful english dictionary

  • bed down — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To provide with accommodations] Syn. put up, house, accommodate; see accommodate 3 , quarter 2 . 2. [To go to bed] Syn. turn in, retire, hit the hay*; see lie 4 , rest 1 , sleep …   English dictionary for students

  • bed down —  Go to bed …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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