n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: bed · ded ; bed · ding
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1 a : to find or make sleeping accommodations ― usually used with down <a place to bed down> b : to go to bed ― usually used with down < bed down at midnight>
2 : to form a layer
3 : to lie flat or flush
transitive verb
1 a : to furnish with a bed or bedding : settle in sleeping quarters ― often used with down b : to put, take, or send to bed
2 a : EMBED b : to plant or arrange in beds c : BASE , ESTABLISH
3 a : to lay flat or in a layer b : to make a bed in or of
4 : to have sexual intercourse with