bed down
(SLEEP) — phrasal verb with bed /bed/ verb [T] (-dd-) old-fashionedDefinition
› to lie down somewhere, usually somewhere different from where you usually sleep, in order to go to sleep: I bedded down on the couch for the night.Sleep and sleeping
(Definition of bed down (SLEEP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bye-byes noun
- catch/cop/get some z's idiom
- comatose adjective
- doss verb
- doze off phrasal verb
- drift off phrasal verb
- flake out phrasal verb
- kip noun
- kip verb
- oversleep verb
- shuteye noun
- sleep noun (NOT AWAKE)
- sleep over phrasal verb
- sleep verb
- sleeper noun (PERSON)
- slept verb
- snooze verb
- somnambulism noun
- sound adverb, adjective
- soundly adverb (SLEEP)
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