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in bed

in bed prepositional phrase: lying on a bed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (literal) Lying on a bed.
    • breakfast in bed
    • Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities.
    Synonyms:
    abed
  2. (idiomatic) Regarding sexual activities.
    • She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.
    Synonyms:
    in the sack
    1. (broadly, idiomatic) Cooperating with, as if for an illicit reward; in league with.
      • You've been in bed with the opposite party all year and that's why you keep saying we need to compromise.

in bed meaning in Bengali and Thai

in bed in Bengali

বিছানায় শুয়ে থাকা, যৌন কার্যকলাপ সংক্রান্ত

in bed in Thai

lying on one's bed
ในเตียง nı teīyng

Synonyms of in bed

Words formed from in bed

Questions about in bed

What does in bed mean?
In bed means lying on a bed.
What is in bed in Bengali?
In bed in Bengali is বিছানায় শুয়ে থাকা, যৌন কার্যকলাপ সংক্রান্ত. See In bed meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is in bed?
In bed is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in bed in the dictionary

  1. in ballast
  2. in ballast condition
  3. in banc
  4. in battery
  5. in baulk
  6. in bed
  7. in bed with
  8. in before
  9. in behalf of
  10. in bend
  11. in benefit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in bed (page history and authors); in bed (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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