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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedded}; p. pr & vb n. {Bedding}.] 1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her --Shak. 3. To furnish with a bed or bedding. 4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as to bed the roots of a plant in mold. 5. To lay or put in any hollow place or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock. Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded. --Wordsworth. 6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. 7. To lay flat; to lay in order to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. ``Bedded hair.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bedding \Bed"ding\, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See {Bed}.] 1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter. 2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bedding n 1: covering that are used on a bed [syn: {bedclothes}, {bed clothing}] 2: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: {bedding material}, {litter}]
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