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  • past tense form of bed.
  • past participle of bed.
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bedded

American  
[bed-id] / ˈbɛd ɪd /

adjective

Geology.
  1. of or relating to rocks that exhibit bedding.


Etymology

Origin of bedded

First recorded in 1820–30; bed + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Mr. Scott charts a course through these momentous events with great skill, producing a book that is readable and accessible but bedded in authoritative scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

He said because Gray had arrived in Sir Keir's operation less than a year before the general election, it meant the team "wasn't sort of fully bedded in and tested" prior to entering government.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Photos taken with your smartphone have the location and other information bedded within the image.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024

As dusk approached, he bedded down at home in case the Israeli army advanced at nightfall.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Here was an oaken sill, cut long ago and sanded clean and bedded true.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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