bed in
bed in verb: to allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
Verb
bed in (third-person singular simple present beds in, present participle bedding in, simple past and past participle bedded in)
- To allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
- It took some time to be bedded in, but soon he knew his way around his new workplace.
- The new trains were introduced in conjunction with Automatic Train Operation [...] and new signalling, but it took months for this to 'bed in', [...] But now the new signalling has bedded in, and the Central is the line that got its upgrade out of the way early.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115
- To break in new brakes by gentle us in order to heat them.
Forms of bed in
| third-person singular present | beds in |
|---|---|
| present participle | bedding in |
| past participle | bedded in |
| past | bedded in |
Origin of bed in
An allusion to gardening, where a plant or seed is introduced into a bed of soil where it can grow.
Questions about bed in
- What does bed in mean?
- Bed in means to allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
- What part of speech is bed in?
- Bed in is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bed in?
- The past tense of bed in is bedded in.
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