What does "go to bed" mean?

To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.

What is a synonym for "go to bed"?

Common synonyms include: bed, bed, bed down, couch, crawl in, curl up.

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
"I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed."
2
prepare for sleep wordnet
3
To have sex; to go to have sex. euphemistic
"Has he ever been to bed with her?"
4
Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.
"The army newspaper "went to bed" several hours before the civilian one, […]"

"I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed."

Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān.