abed
/əˈbɛd/US/əˈbɛd/
abed adverb: in bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
Adverb
abed (not comparable)
- In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
- Not to be abed after midnightc. 1564–1616, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II, iii
- [She] is sick abed.1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “倒 (tó̤)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 560
- On a childbed.
- I mean, she's brought a-bedc. 1564–1616, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV, ii
Proper noun capitalized: Abed
IPA/ˈɑːbɛd/
Abed (plural Abeds)
- A male given name from Arabic.
- A surname.
abed meaning in Tamil and Kannada
abed in Tamil
- படுக்கையில் படுக்கையாக
abed in Kannada
- ಹಾಸಿಗೆಹಿಡಿದ, ಹಾಸಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ರೋಗದಿಂದ ಮಲಗಿ
Examples of abed in a sentence
- The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?1948, Alan Paton, chapter 12, in Cry, the Beloved Country, London: Jonathan Cape:
Forms of abed
| plural | Abeds |
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Origin of abed
From Middle English abedde, o bedde, from Old English on (“in”) + bedde (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + bed.
From Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid, “servant, worshipper”)
Words formed from abed
Words that rhyme with abed
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- dread
- wed
- ahead
- bread
- sled
- embed
- in one's stead
- inbred
- ped
- zed
- bestead
- cred
- ed
- fed
- med
- undead
- bedspread
- DMZ
- Fred
- led
- Prussian red
- retread
- spoon-fed
- unwed
- z
- antired
- aspread
- bark bed
- behead
- bested
- bled
- block head
- bred
- cabin bed
- common thread
- Cow Head
- Crow Head
- faned
- fled
- freedom bread
- fugged
- instead
- ked
- knead
- misled
- ned
- pled
- read
Questions about abed
- What does abed mean?
- Abed means in bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
- What is abed in Tamil?
- Abed in Tamil is படுக்கையில் படுக்கையாக. See Abed meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use abed in a sentence?
- The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.
- What part of speech is abed?
- Abed can be an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce abed?
- Abed is pronounced /əˈbɛd/ (UK).
Words near abed in the dictionary
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