bed

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for bed

bed 🔊 /bɛˈd/

bed : අතුරනවා

bed : යහන

bed : මඤ්ච

bed : පාත්තිය

bed : නිදාගන්නවා

bed : සයනය

bed : රෝපණය කරනවා

bed : මැස්ස

bed : විවාහය

bed : හැඳ

bed : පත්ල

bed : තැන්පත් කරනවා

bed : මඤ්චක

bed : ශයනය

bed : නිදි කරනවා

bed : තට්ටුව

bed : ඇඳ

bed definition

Noun.

  1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
  2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
  3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
  4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
  5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
  6. A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
  7. See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
  8. The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.
  9. A course of stone or brick in a wall.
  10. The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
  11. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
  12. The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
  13. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
  14. The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

Transitive verb.

  1. To place in a bed.
  2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
  3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
  4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
  5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
  6. To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
  7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Intransitive verb. To go to bed; to cohabit.