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BUNK DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bunk down mean?
• BUNK DOWN (verb)
The verb BUNK DOWN has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BUNK DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 "bunk 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 "bunk down"):
crash; doss; doss down (sleep in a convenient place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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