A bed is something you lie on to sleep or rest. It usually has a frame, mattress, and sheets.
I sleep on a big bed every night.
The child jumped on the bed happily.
Bed means the base or surface that holds or supports other things, like a truck bed or railway bed.
The bed of the truck is full of boxes.
The railway bed is made of stones.
Used as a verb, 'to bed' means to lie down or go to sleep. It can also mean putting someone to sleep, like a child.
I bed early every night.
She bedded her child after dinner.
A bed can be a natural layer of something like coal, minerals, or seeds under the ground. It usually holds or contains this material.
The coal bed is deep underground.
Coal forms in a thick bed of rock.
In idiomatic language, 'bed' means a relationship, often sexual. It can also symbolize partnership or closeness.
They were in bed together last night.
That scandal involved bed and politics.
