bed
noun
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
have bedded
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present perfectof bed.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now the big changes have bedded with further refinements carried out two years ago.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
The wards and corridors are teeming with patients, and with families seeking shelter, who have bedded down on the floor.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
With only a few possessions stuffed in battered knapsacks and plastic bags, they have bedded down on blankets on the tile floors of one shelter, and in tents pitched on a cement floor of another.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
The cruisers’ rambunctiousness might have bedded down over the years, but their interest in cars has not.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2016
When the most fertile valley has been "fed off" by sheep, or they have "bedded down" night after night upon it, it takes some time before the young growth comes up again.
