to bed down
1bed down — verb go to bed (Freq. 1) We bedded down at midnight • Syn: ↑bunk down • Hypernyms: ↑go to bed, ↑turn in, ↑bed, ↑crawl in, ↑ …
2bed 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… …
3bed 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 …
4bed 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? …
5bed 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 …
6bed down — lie down and sleep, find a place to sleep After grazing in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill …
7bed down — v. go to bed (e.g., I bedded down after midnight ) …
8bed down — settle down for the night in an improvised place. → bed …
9bed down. — See go to bed. → bed …
10bed 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 …
