And did I mention that his memoir, filled with tales of the women he has bedded, is called Exposing Myself?
I bedded down for this debate, Scotch in hand, expecting to be bored five ways to rigor mortis.
Charles was succeeded by his brother James II, who was even more promiscuous, and was said to have bedded over a thousand women.
By surrendering her virtue to Charles, Camilla had surrendered her right to marry him—the bedded could not be wedded.
Some of that was bedded down by the Libyan Investment Authority.
As with columns, the joints at base and necking are bedded in sheet lead.
He took him in his arms to comfort him, and bedded him down on the pillow.
I'll finger it, when bedded cold Where never one shall rise.
The herd of some 2000 steers was bedded down, and had so far given no trouble.
I bedded down about eleven, and to my surprise I slept well.
Old English bedd "bed, couch, resting place, garden plot," from Proto-Germanic *badjam "sleeping place dug in the ground" (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon bed, Middle Dutch bedde, Old Norse beðr, Old High German betti, German Bett, Gothic badi "bed"), from PIE root *bhedh- "to dig, pierce" (cf. Hittite beda- "to pierce, prick," Greek bothyros "pit," Latin fossa "ditch," Lithuanian bedre "to dig," Breton bez "grave"). Both "sleeping" and "gardening" senses are in Old English. Meaning "bottom of a lake, sea, watercourse" is from 1580s.
bed (běd)
n.
A piece of furniture for reclining and sleeping, typically consisting of a flat, rectangular frame and a mattress resting on springs.
Such a piece of furniture used for rest, recuperation, or treatment.
A supporting, underlying, or securing base or structure, especially an anatomical one.
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