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BED DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bed down mean? 

BED DOWN (verb)
  The verb BED DOWN has 1 sense:

1. go to bedplay

  Familiarity information: BED DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BED DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Go to bed

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bed down; bunk down

Context example:

We bedded down at midnight

Hypernyms (to "bed down" is one way to...):

bed; crawl in; go to bed; go to sleep; hit the hay; hit the sack; kip down; retire; sack out; turn in (prepare for sleep)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bed down"):

crash; doss; doss down (sleep in a convenient place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


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