Word.ws English Dictionary

made the bed

made the bed is the simple past and past participle of make the bed.

Meaning of make the bed

Verb

make the bed (third-person singular simple present makes the bed, present participle making the bed, simple past and past participle made the bed)

  1. To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.
    • You're old enough to make your own bed now.
    Synonyms:
    spread the bed

Questions about made the bed

What is made the bed the simple past and past participle of?
Made the bed is the simple past and past participle of make the bed.

Words near made the bed in the dictionary

  1. made streaks
  2. made strides
  3. made sure
  4. made terms
  5. made the bald man cry
  6. made the bed
  7. made the best of
  8. made the best of a bad bargain
  9. made the best of a bad job
  10. made the best of one's way
  11. made the case for

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: made the bed (page history and authors); make the bed (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “made the bed.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/made_the_bed. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.