{
    "term": "bed",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/be/beds.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of furniture for sleeping on",
            "sensetop": "on the bedin bed",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **single/double bed**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay on the bed *(= on top of the covers)*.",
                    "contextForm": "on the bed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lay in bed *(= under the covers)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in bed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm tired—I'm **going to bed**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll just **put** the kids **to bed**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **time for bed** *(= time to go to sleep)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He likes to have a mug of cocoa before bed *(= before going to bed)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **get into/out of bed**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **make the bed** *(= arrange the covers in a tidy way)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you give me a bed for the night *(= somewhere to sleep)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a shortage of **hospital beds** *(= not enough room for patients to be admitted)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been **confined to bed** with flu for the past couple of days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Having **breakfast in bed** is a rare treat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I ran and hid under a bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She came over and sat at the foot *(= bottom)* of the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Elizabeth was sitting on her bed reading a book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like to be in bed before 11 o'clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She crawled into bed exhausted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you out of bed yet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He and his brother had to share a bed on holiday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't punish a child who wets the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He came home to find an empty bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He slept on a makeshift bed of blankets and cushions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please strip the beds and put the sheets in the washing machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a messy room, with an unmade bed and clothes on the floor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["single", "double", "king-size"],
                "verb + bed": ["make", "make up", "strip"],
                "bed + noun": ["clothes", "linen", "sheet"],
                "preposition": ["in bed", "out of bed"],
                "phrases": [
                    "bed and breakfast",
                    "the edge of the bed",
                    "the foot of the bed"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the bottom of a river, the sea, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the ocean bed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "oyster beds *(= an area in the sea where there are many )*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an area of ground in a garden or park for growing flowers, vegetables, etc.",
            "sensetop": "bed of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**flower beds**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Raised flower beds are easier to keep tidy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ornamental beds of roses",
                    "contextForm": "bed of something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["flower", "rose", "strawberry"],
                "preposition": ["bed of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a layer of something that other things lie or rest on",
            "sensetop": "bed of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "grilled chicken, served on a bed of rice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The blocks should be laid on a bed of concrete."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a layer of clay, rock, etc. in the ground",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(not) an easy or a pleasant situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their life together hasn't exactly been a bed of roses."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to die because you are old or ill",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a bad mood for the whole day for no particular reason",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have sex with somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to refer to sexual activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's he like in bed?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I caught them in bed together *(= having sex)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to go to bed and stay there because you are ill",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to urinate in your bed by accident",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is quite common for small children to wet their beds."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you must accept the results of your actions",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bed/",
                "audio": "be/bed/bed__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bed/",
                "audio": "be/bed/bed__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bed, bedd (noun), beddian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bed and German Bett."
}