What does "bedded" mean?
simple past and past participle of bed
Bedded
/ˈbɛdɪd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: simple past and past participle of bed
- Grammar: bedded is listed as adj, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: accommodate, cultivated, laminated, lay.
- Useful contrasts: bedless, uncultivated, unlayered.
- Usage evidence: We bedded down at the roadside park for the night.
How to use "bedded"
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of bed form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Furnished with one or more beds; Having (a particular number or type of) beds not-comparable, often
"three-bedded room"
- 2 Having gone to bed. not-comparable
"All silent the bedded house, Silent as the tread of mouse, Save where House-maid Bridget keeps Snoring Orgies as she sleeps , And the Cricket's tender throat , Gives a shrill, unvaried note;"
- 3 Having sexual experience; not a virgin. not-comparable
"the Queene, as being (I speake in the language of Canaan) the wedded and bedded wife to the king of glory ."
- 4 Lying flat. not-comparable
"And, as the sleeping soldiers in the alarm, Your bedded hair, like life in excrements, Start up and stand an end."
- 5 Forming or containing a bed or beds (a horizontal deposit of a mineral or ore). not-comparable
"This is largely because of their use in coal mines, although roof bolts are used in mining bedded deposits of all kinds potash (New Mexico) , trona (Wyoming), and ores of iron (Alabama), lead (Missouri) , uranium (Utah), lead-zinc (Utah), and copper (Michigan and Arizona)."
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- 6 Growing or arranged in a bed or beds (garden plot or area in which a large number of plants, seaweed, or shellfish are found together.) not-comparable
"Who lovest to see the hamadryads dress Their ruffled locks where meeting hazels darken And through whole solemn hours dost sit and hearken The dreary melody of bedded reeds In desolate places, where dark moisture breeds"
- 7 With a bedding of straw, sand, woodchips, or similar covering the floor. not-comparable, often
"Hogs in the non-bedded house had significantly longer carcasses ( P < .01 ) than hogs in the bedded house."
Adjective
- 1 having a bed or beds as specified wordnet
- 2 deposited or arranged in horizontal layers wordnet
Example
"We bedded down at the roadside park for the night."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bedded"?
Common synonyms include: accommodate, cultivated, laminated, lay, layered, place.
How do you use "bedded" in a sentence?
We bedded down at the roadside park for the night.
How do you pronounce "bedded"?
Pronounced /ˈbɛdɪd/.