bed

1. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.Examples: "My cat often sleeps on my bed."; "I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep."; "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them[…]."countable

2. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.Examples: "When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket."countableuncountable

3. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.Examples: "Go to bed!"; "I had breakfast in bed this morning."countableuncountableusually

4. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.Examples: "He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film."uncountableusually

5. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.Examples: "I read until bed."uncountableusually

6. (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.Examples: "I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary."; "Some prisoners, indeed, are always up before the bell rings — such was my practice — they prefer to grope about in the dark to tossing about in the utter weariness of too much bed."; "This condition is one of the dangers of “too much bed”. The nurse should inspect the legs of each patient daily"uncountable