bed
Pronunciation: /bɛd/
“bed” is a Middle English word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- A bed; a piece of furniture for sleeping on.
- A pallet, bedroll, or other portable bed.
- A bedroom or resting-place.
- A flowerbed; a garden plot.
- Sex; sexual intercourse.
- A personal attribute that supports (someone or something).
- A kind of rough fabric for bedding.
- One's lineage or descent.
- One's place of burial.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, form Proto-Germanic *badją.
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