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Bad

Not achieving an adequate standard; poor
A bad concert.

Bed

A bed is a piece of furniture which is used as a place to sleep and relax.Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame, the mattress resting either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many beds include a box spring inner-sprung base, which is a large mattress-sized box containing wood and springs that provide additional support and suspension for the mattress.

Bad

Immoral or evil.

Bed

A piece of furniture for reclining and sleeping, typically consisting of a flat, rectangular frame and a mattress resting on springs.

Bad

Vulgar or obscene
Bad language.
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Bed

A bedstead.

Bad

Disobedient or naughty
Bad children.

Bed

A mattress.

Bad

Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing
A bad piece of news.

Bed

A place where one may sleep; lodging
Found bed and board at an inn.
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Bad

Unfavorable
Bad reviews for the play.

Bed

Accommodations for a single person at a hospital or institution
A maternity ward with 30 beds.

Bad

Not fresh; rotten or spoiled
Bad meat.

Bed

A time at which one goes to sleep
Drank milk before bed.

Bad

Injurious in effect; detrimental
Bad habits.

Bed

A place for lovemaking.

Bad

Not working properly; defective
A bad telephone connection.

Bed

A marital relationship with its rights and intimacies.

Bad

Full of or exhibiting faults or errors
Bad grammar.

Bed

A small plot of cultivated or planted land
A flower bed.

Bad

Having no validity; void
Passed bad checks.

Bed

An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers
A clam bed.
An oyster bed.

Bad

Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss
Bad loans.

Bed

The ground surface below a body of water such as a sea, lake, or stream.

Bad

Severe; intense
A bad cold.

Bed

A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food
Tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

Bad

Being in poor health or in pain
I feel bad today.

Bed

A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed.

Bad

Being in poor condition; diseased
Bad lungs.

Bed

A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.

Bad

Sorry; regretful
She feels bad about how she treated you.

Bed

(Printing) The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed.

Bad

Bad·der, bad·dest Slang Very good; great.

Bed

The part of a truck, trailer, or freight car designed to carry loads.

Bad

Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency
Weighing the good against the bad.

Bed

A broad mass of rock or sediment bounded by different material.

Bad

Badly.

Bed

A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.

Bad

A past tense of bid.

Bed

A heap of material
A bed of wood chips.

Bad

Unfavorable; negative; not good.
Hiring you was very bad for this company.
The weather looks pretty bad right now.
He is in a bad mood.
You have very bad grades.

Bed

To furnish with a bed or sleeping quarters
We bedded our guests down in the study.

Bad

Not suitable or fitting.
Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?

Bed

To put or send to bed.

Bad

Not appropriate, of manners etc.
It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.

Bed

To have sexual relations with.

Bad

Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.

Bed

To plant in a prepared plot of soil.

Bad

(chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.
I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.
I've had a bad back since the accident.

Bed

To lay flat or arrange in layers.

Bad

Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!

Bed

To embed.

Bad

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.

Bed

To establish; base.

Bad

Evil; wicked.
Be careful. There are bad people in the world.

Bed

To go to bed.

Bad

Faulty; not functional.
I had a bad headlight.

Bed

(Geology) To form layers or strata.

Bad

(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
These apples have gone bad.

Bed

A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
My cat often sleeps on my bed.
I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.

Bad

(of breath) Malodorous; foul.
Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.

Bed

A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.

Bad

False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.

Bed

(usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.
Go to bed!
I had breakfast in bed this morning.

Bad

Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
I'm pretty bad at speaking French.
He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.

Bed

Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.

Bad

Of poor physical appearance.
I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.
I don't look bad in this dress, do I?

Bed

The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
I read until bed.

Bad

(informal) Bold and daring.

Bed

(uncountable) Time spent in a bed.

Bad

(slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
Man, that new car you bought is bad!
You is bad, man!

Bed

(figurative) Marriage.

Bad

Severe, urgent.
He is in bad need of a haircut.

Bed

Sexual activity.
Too much bed, not enough rest.

Bad

Overly promiscuous, licentious.

Bed

Abbreviation of bedroom
2 beds, 1 bath

Bad

Very attractive; hot, sexy.
Hopefully I can pull some bad bitches tonight.

Bed

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.

Bad

Not covered by funds on account.
He gave me a bad check.

Bed

The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
Sea bed
River bed
There's a lot of trash on the bed of the river.

Bad

Badly.
I didn't do too bad in the last exam.

Bed

An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
Oysters are farmed from their beds.

Bad

Something that is bad; a harm or evil.

Bed

A garden plot.
We added a new bush to our rose bed.

Bad

Error; mistake.

Bed

A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.

Bad

An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. Bad (economics)

Bed

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

Bad

Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.

Bed

The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.

Bad

(archaic) bid.

Bed

A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.

Bad

To shell (a walnut).

Bed

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

Bad

Bade.

Bed

(computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.

Bad

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; - the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.
The strong antipathy of good to bad.

Bed

A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.

Bad

That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;
Take the bad with the good

Bed

(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.

Bad

Having undesirable or negative qualities;
A bad report card
His sloppy appearance made a bad impression
A bad little boy
Clothes in bad shape
A bad cut
Bad luck
The news was very bad
The reviews were bad
The pay is bad
It was a bad light for reading
The movie was a bad choice

Bed

(trampoline) The taut surface of a trampoline.

Bad

Very intense;
A bad headache
In a big rage
Had a big (or bad) shock
A bad earthquake
A bad storm

Bed

(heading) A layer or surface.

Bad

Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');
My throat feels bad
She felt bad all over
He was feeling tough after a restless night

Bed

A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

Bad

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition;
Bad meat
A refrigerator full of spoilt food

Bed

(geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.

Bad

Not capable of being collected;
A bad (or uncollectible) debt

Bed

(masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.
The upper and lower beds

Bad

Below average in quality or performance;
A bad chess player
A bad recital

Bed

(masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

Bad

Nonstandard;
So-called bad grammar

Bed

(masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Bad

Not financially safe or secure;
A bad investment
High risk investments
Anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
Speculative business enterprises

Bed

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

Bad

Physically unsound or diseased;
Has a bad back
A bad heart
Bad teeth
An unsound limb
Unsound teeth

Bed

(intransitive) To go to bed. I usually listen to music before I bed.

Bad

Capable of harming;
Bad habits
Bad air
Smoking is bad for you

Bed

(transitive) To place in a bed.

Bad

Keenly sorry or regretful;
Felt bad about letting the team down
Was sorry that she had treated him so badly
Felt bad about breaking the vase

Bed

To put oneself to sleep. en

Bad

Characterized by wickedness or immorality;
Led a very bad life

Bed

(transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.

Bad

Reproduced fraudulently;
Like a bad penny...
A forged twenty dollar bill

Bed

(ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

Bad

Not working properly;
A bad telephone connection
A defective appliance

Bed

Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

Bad

With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');
The injury hurt badly
The buildings were badly shaken
It hurts bad
We need water bad

Bed

(transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.

Bad

Very much; strongly;
I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
The cables had sagged badly
They were badly in need of help
He wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it

Bed

(transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.

Bed

(transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.

Bed

(transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.

Bed

(transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Bed

To settle, as machinery.

Bed

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.
And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed.
I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds.
In bed he slept not for my urging it.

Bed

Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
George, the eldest son of his second bed.

Bed

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

Bed

A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

Bed

The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed.

Bed

A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.

Bed

See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

Bed

The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

Bed

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.

Bed

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

Bed

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

Bed

To place in a bed.

Bed

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her.

Bed

To furnish with a bed or bedding.

Bed

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.

Bed

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.
Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded.

Bed

To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

Bed

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Bed

To go to bed; to cohabit.
If he be married, and bed with his wife.

Bed

A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep;
He sat on the edge of the bed
The room had only a bed and chair

Bed

A plot of ground in which plants are growing;
The gardener planted a bed of roses

Bed

A depression forming the ground under a body of water;
He searched for treasure on the ocean bed

Bed

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock);
They found a bed of standstone

Bed

A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit;
He worked in the coal beds

Bed

Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
Slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach

Bed

The flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

Bed

A foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track;
The track bed had washed away

Bed

Furnish with a bed;
The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals

Bed

Place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

Bed

Put to bed;
The children were bedded at ten o'clock

Bed

Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?

Bed

Go to bed in order to sleep;
I usually turn in at midnight
He turns out at the crack of dawn

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